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This open access edited collection brings together established and new perspectives on Cold War civil defence in Western Europe within a common analytical frame

This book documents and explains civil defence preparations for national cyber emergencies in conditions of both peace and war. The volume analyses the escalati

According to the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security in 2017, millions of Americans-perhaps the majority of the population-would die if the electrical gr

In an era defined by the threat of nuclear annihilation, Western nations attempted to prepare civilian populations for atomic attack through staged drills, evac