Strategy for Survival
by Martin, Thomas L., Jr., and Latham, Donald C
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- fair
- Paperback
- Condition
- fair
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Press, 1964. Third Printing. fair. 389, wraps, illus., figures, tables, appendices, notes, references, index, covers worn/soiled, tears at spine, stamp on half title. A few page corners bent. The authors are engineers who attempt to prove, first, that civil defense preparedness is both necessary and practical and that all of the necessary technical knowledge is available to provide an adequate and economically feasible system of protective shelters; second, that a civil defense system will require a very long time for completion; and third, that although there are many varieties of civil defense situations, there is no situtation that cannot be solved by known engineering principles.
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- Bookseller
- Ground Zero Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 50320
- Title
- Strategy for Survival
- Author
- Martin, Thomas L., Jr., and Latham, Donald C
- Book Condition
- Used - fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Third Printing
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- University of Arizona Press
- Place of Publication
- Tucson, AZ
- Date Published
- 1964
- Keywords
- Civil Defense, Cold War, Engineering, Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear War, Radiation, Chemical Warfare, Fallout Shelters, Air Blast
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