BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE AND CIVIL DEFENSE

Abstract

Contents: Public support of civil emergency; Effects of nuclear weapons; Status of plans and operations for civil defense; A pure theory of death: dilemmas of defense policy in a world of conditional viability; Public apathy toward civil defense: a case of anxiety; Some psychiatric aspects of civil defense; Society as a tension-management system; Social sciences research program: review and prospect; and Toward systemic analysis of disaster, disruption, stress and recovery-suggested areas of investigation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1962
Accession Number
AD0286726

Entities

People

  • George W. Baker
  • Leonard S. Cottrell Jr

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accidents
  • Air Force
  • Economic Systems
  • Employment
  • Families (Human)
  • Gamma Rays
  • Health Services
  • Human Behavior
  • Law
  • Medical Personnel
  • National Governments
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Political Systems
  • Psychology
  • Recreation
  • Warning Systems

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Economics
  • Emergency Management and Homeland Security.