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19481263

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-6-9
pubmed:abstractText
In 1955, a highly secret Government report painted a bleak picture of Britain after a nuclear war. Without greatly improved civil defence measures, the report warned, a hydrogen bomb attack on Britain could kill one-third of the population within 24h and leave swathes of land uninhabitable. But Government advice to the public told a different story, offering cheerful advice about vacuuming up radioactive fallout and building shelters from books and furniture. Meanwhile, civil defence spending cuts left the public lacking even the standard of protection they had enjoyed during the Second World War. This seemingly paradoxical Government response was shaped by conflicting financial and political pressures, and by the work of the Home Office scientists whose research underpinned British civil defence planning.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
1873-1929
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
33
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
60-4
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
'What to do if it happens': planners, pamphlets and propaganda in the age of the H-bomb.
pubmed:affiliation
Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK. melissa.smith-2@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Historical Article