THREAT PERCEPTION AND CIVIL DEFENSE

Abstract

The analysis of the nation's perception of threat included anxiety about war; the nature of the threat perceived, namely: what are the perceived targets and what weapons will be used; estimates of weapons effects; the consequences of threat perception of varying degrees and type for action; and the consequences of threat perception of varying degrees and type on the respondent's feeling about civil defense and/or fallout shelters.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1965
Accession Number
AD0614386

Entities

People

  • Donna K. Kontos

Organizations

  • University of Pittsburgh

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Biological Warfare
  • Blast
  • Chemical Warfare
  • Chemical Weapons
  • Civil Defense
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Defense Systems
  • Demography
  • Fallout Shelters
  • Fusion Weapons
  • Nuclear Bombs
  • Nuclear Warfare
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Sociology
  • United States
  • Urban Areas
  • Weapons Effects

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Nuclear Civil Defense.
  • Organizational Psychology.
  • Strategic Security Studies