Civil defense
Here are entered works on the protection of civilians from enemy attack. Works on the rights, under international law, of civilians in the hands of belligerent powers, and on measures to protect such rights are entered under War -- Protection of civilians. Works on official or private assistance to civilians during war time are entered under War relief.
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Broader terms:Narrower terms:- Civil defense -- Great Britain
- Civil defense -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Civil defense -- History
- Civil defense -- Psychological aspects
- Civil defense -- Social aspects
- Civil defense -- United States
- Atomic bomb -- Safety measures
- Bomb reconnaissance
- Decontamination (from gases, chemicals, etc.)
- Emergency communication systems
- Emergency housing
- Mass casualties
- Public shelters
- Rescue work
- Air defenses, Civil
- Civilian defense
- Defense, Civil
- Emergency preparedness
- Protection of civilians
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Expedient Shelter Construction and Occupancy Experiments (Oak Ridge, TN: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1976), by Cresson H. Kearny (page images at HathiTrust)
- Front Line 1940-41: The Official Story of the Civil Defence of Britain (1942, with added commentary by the transcriber), by Great Britain Ministry of Home Security (illustrated HTML with commentary in the UK)
- In Time of Emergency: A Citizen's Handbook on Emergency Management (1980), by United States Federal Emergency Management Agency (text with commentary at textfiles.com)
- In Time of Emergency: A Citizen's Handbook on Nuclear Attack, Natural Disasters (1968), by United States Office of Civil Defense (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- National Response Framework (second edition, 2013; with supplementary materials), by United States Department of Homeland Security (PDF files with commentary at fema.gov)
- A Handbook for Auxiliary Police (Washington: GPO, 1942), by United States Office of Civilian Defense Training Section, contrib. by United States Federal Bureau of Investigation
- The Blitz Companion: Aerial Warfare, Civilians and the City Since 1911 (London: University of Westminster Press, c2019), by Mark Clapson (multiple formats with commentary in the UK)
- The Blitz Companion: Aerial Warfare, Civilians and the City Since 1911 (London: University of Westminster Press, c2019), by Mark Clapson (multiple formats with commentary in the UK)
- Air War and Emotional Stress: Psychological Studies of Bombing and Civilian Defense (first edition; New York et al.: McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1951), by Irving L. Janis (page images at HathiTrust)
- National Strategy for Homeland Security (July 2002), by United States Office of Homeland Security (PDF at fdlp.gov)
- Fallout Protection: What to Know and Do About Nuclear Attack (1961), by United States Office of Civil Defense (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Facts About Fallout (1955), by United States Federal Civil Defense Administration (page images with commentary at archives.gov; pages may display in reverse order in some browsers)
- The United States Citizens Defense Corps (1942), by United States Office of Civil Defense
- Ten for Survival: Survive Nuclear Attack (May 1959, reprinted January 1961), by United States Office of Civil Defense (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Expedient Shelter Construction and Occupancy Experiments (Oak Ridge, TN: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1976), by Cresson H. Kearny (page images at HathiTrust)
- Facts About Fallout (1955), by United States Federal Civil Defense Administration (page images with commentary at archives.gov; pages may display in reverse order in some browsers)
- In Time of Emergency: A Citizen's Handbook on Emergency Management (1980), by United States Federal Emergency Management Agency (text with commentary at textfiles.com)
- In Time of Emergency: A Citizen's Handbook on Nuclear Attack, Natural Disasters (1968), by United States Office of Civil Defense (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- Ten for Survival: Survive Nuclear Attack (May 1959, reprinted January 1961), by United States Office of Civil Defense (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Black and Smokeless Powders: Technologies for Finding Bombs and the Bomb Makers, by National Research Council Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology (page images and partial HTML at NAP)
- Disposal of Chemical Weapons: Alternative Technologies (1992), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment (PDF files at Princeton)
- Communicating Disasters: An Asia Pacific Resource Book (2007), ed. by Nalaka Gunawardene and Frederick Noronha (PDF files at tveap.org)
- Communicating Disasters: An Asia Pacific Resource Book (2007), ed. by Nalaka Gunawardene and Frederick Noronha (PDF files at tveap.org)
- The Tsunami of March 9, 1957, As Recorded at Tide Stations (US Coast and Geodetic Survey technical bulletin #6; Washington: GPO, 1959), by G. G. Salsman (page images at HathiTrust)
- Study for Alameda County 911 (ca. 1974), by Scott W. Hovey
- Dispensing Medical Countermeasures for Public Health Emergencies: Workshop Summary (2008), contrib. by Miriam Davis, Marnina S. Kammersell, and Bruce M. Altevogt (HTML and page images with commentary at NAP)
- The Bank Director's Son: A Real and Intensely Interesting Revelation of City Life (Philadelphia: E.E. Barclay and A.R. Orton, 1852), by George Lippard (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Creature from Cleveland Depths (as published in Galaxy magazine, 1962), by Fritz Leiber, illust. by Wallace Wood (Gutenberg text, illustrated HTML, and page images)
- Symposium on Human Problems in the Utilization of Fallout Shelters (1960) (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Blast Tests of Expedient Shelters in the DICE THROW Event (Oak Ridge, TN: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1978), by Cresson H. Kearny and Conrad V. Chester (page images at HathiTrust)
- Home Fallout Shelter: Snack Bar, Basement Location, Plan D (1980), by United States Federal Emergency Management Agency (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Family Fallout Shelter (1959), by United States Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization (multiple formats at archive.org)
- 1966 Architectural Awards: Buildings With Fallout Shelter (1967) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- Ten for Survival: Survive Nuclear Attack (May 1959, reprinted January 1961), by United States Office of Civil Defense (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Tides of Barnegat, by Francis Hopkinson Smith (Gutenberg text)
- The Rescue: A Romance of the Shallows, by Joseph Conrad (Gutenberg text)
- Pied Piper (c1942), by Nevil Shute (HTML in Canada; NO US ACCESS)
- Captains Courageous, by Rudyard Kipling (Gutenberg text)
- Darry the Life Saver: or, The Heroes of the Coast, by Frank V. Webster (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- The Life Savers: A Story of the United States Life-Saving Service (New York: E. P. Dutton and Co., c1899), by James Otis (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- The Lifeboat: A Tale of Our Coast Heroes, by R. M. Ballantyne (Gutenberg text)
- The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies (New York: F. Warne and Co., 1909), by Beatrix Potter (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- The Copper Princess: A Story of Lake Superior Mines (New York and London: Harper and Bros., 1898), by Kirk Munroe, illust. by W. A. Rogers (Gutenberg text, illustrated HTML, and page images)
- The English at the North Pole: Part I of the Adventures of Captain Hatteras, by Jules Verne (Gutenberg text with map)
- The Land of Fire, by Mayne Reid (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- The Log of the Flying Fish: A Story of Aerial and Submarine Peril and Adventure, by Harry Collingwood, illust. by Gordon Browne
- The Mate of the Lily, by William Henry Giles Kingston (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- On Board the Esmeralda, by John C. Hutcheson
- The Settlers: A Tale of Virginia, by William Henry Giles Kingston (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- Two Boys and a Fortune, by Matthew White (Gutenberg text)
- ACLS: Advanced Cardiac Life Support Provider Handbook (Las Vegas: Satori Continuum Publishing, c2021), by Karl Disque (PDF at nhcps.com)
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