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• Defensive Information Warfare (1996), by David S. Alberts (PDF at dodccrp.org)
• New Technology for NATO: Implementing Follow-On Force Attack (OTA-ISC-309; 1987), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment
  • page images at HathiTrust
  • PDF files with commentary at Princeton
• A Treatise on Field Fortification, Containing Instructions on the Methods of Laying Out, Constructing, Defending, and Attacking Intrenchments; With the General Outlines Also of the Arrangement, the Attack And Defence of Permanent Fortifications (third edition, revised and enlarged; New York: J. Wiley, 1856), by D. H. Mahan (page images at HathiTrust)
• A Treatise on Field Fortification, Containing Instructions on the Methods of Laying Out, Constructing, Defending, and Attacking Intrenchments; With the General Outlines Also of the Arrangement, the Attack And Defence of Permanent Fortifications (third edition, revised and enlarged; New York: J. Wiley, 1860), by D. H. Mahan (multiple formats at archive.org)
• A Treatise on Field Fortification, Containing Instructions on the Methods of Laying Out, Constructing, Defending, and Attacking Intrenchments; With the General Outlines Also of the Arrangement, the Attack And Defence of Permanent Fortifications (fourth edition; Richmond, VA: West and Johnston, 1862), by D. H. Mahan
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust

• Sources of Conflict in the 21st Century: Regional Futures and U.S. Strategy (1998), ed. by Zalmay Khalilzad and Ian O. Lesser (PDF files at rand.org)
• Evaluating Novel Threats to the Homeland: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Cruise Missiles (Santa Monica, CA: Rand, c2008), by Brian A. Jackson, Dave Frelinger, Michael Lostumbo, and Robert Button (PDF files at rand.org)

• America the Vulnerable: Our Military Problems and How to Fix Them (Philadelphia: Foreign Policy Research Institute, ca. 2002), ed. by John F. Lehman and Harvey Sicherman (PDF with commentary at fpri.org)

• A Shield in Space? Technology, Politics, and the Strategic Defense Initiative (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1989), by Sanford A. Lakoff and Herbert F. York (HTML at UC Press)
• Directed Energy Missile Defense in Space (1984), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment (PDF files at Princeton)
• Ballistic Missile Defense Technologies (1985), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment (PDF files at Princeton)

• Colonize Space! Open the Age of Reason (New York: New Benjamin Franklin House, 1985) (PDF at wlym.com)

• Ballistic Missile Defense Technologies (1985), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment (PDF files at Princeton)

• Airpower Versus Terrorism: Three Case Studies (2003), by Todd R. Phinney (PDF at dtic.mil)

• 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)
• Ten for Survival: Survive Nuclear Attack (May 1959, reprinted January 1961), by United States Office of Civil Defense (multiple formats at archive.org)

• The Boy Inventors and the Vanishing Gun (New York: Hurst and Co., c1912), by Richard Bonner, illust. by Charles L. Wrenn (page images at HathiTrust)

• Nuclear Heuristics: Selected Writings of Albert and Roberta Wohlstetter (2009), by Albert J. Wohlstetter and Roberta Wohlstetter, ed. by Robert Zarate and Henry D. Sokolski (page images at HathiTrust)

• Ballistic Missile Defense Technologies (1985), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment (PDF files at Princeton)

• 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 (illustraed 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)

• 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
  • embedded PDF at smu.edu
  • multiple formats at archive.org
• 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)

• Study for Alameda County 911 (ca. 1974), by Scott W. Hovey
  • page images at HathiTrust
  • another edition, without appendix; PDF at ncjrs.gov

• 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)

• Darry the Life Saver: or, The Heroes of the Coast, by Frank V. Webster (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)

• ACLS: Advanced Cardiac Life Support Provider Handbook (Las Vegas: Satori Continuum Publishing, c2021), by Karl Disque (PDF at nhcps.com)

• Ambulance Work and Nursing: A Handbook on First Aid to the Injured, With a Section on Nursing, Etc. (Chicago: W. T. Keener and Co., ca. 1895) (page images at HathiTrust)
• First Aid: A Book of Ready Reference in Times of Emergency, A Manual of Instruction for Ambulance Students, and a Plain Practical Guide to the Rendering of Help in Case of Accident or Sudden Illness (London and New York: Ward, Lock and Co., ca. 1887), by George Black
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• A Guide for Emergencies, Containing the Homoeopathic Treatment of Such Diseases As Requir Immediate Attention, and of Such as May be Treated Without the Assistance of a Physician; and Also Containing the Treatment of Cases of Poisoning, and of Every Common Variety of Accidents (third edition; New York: C. T. Hurlburt, 1871), by Henry B. Millard (page images at HathiTrust)
• Medical Handbook, for the Use of Lighthouse Vessels and Stations (revised edition of Stoner's Handbook for the Ship's Medicine Chest; Washington: GPO, 1912), ed. by William J. Pettus, contrib. by George W. Stoner
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • multiple formats at Google
• Emergencies (book 2 of the Gulick Hygiene series; Boston et al.: Ginn and Co., c1909), by Charlotte V. Gulick, ed. by Luther Halsey Gulick
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• Handbook for the Ship's Medicine Chest (second edition; Washington: GPO, 1904), by George W. Stoner (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Prevention of Disease and Care of the Sick and Injured: Medical Handbook for the Use of Lighthouse Vessels and Stations (Washington: GPO, 1915), by United States Lighthouse Service, ed. by W. G. Stimpson, contrib. by R. M. Woodward (multiple formats at archive.org)

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