EMERGENCY MOBILIZATION FOR POSTATTACK REORGANIZATION

Abstract

The report emphasizes the dangers to eventual reconstruction that are posed by the disorganization inevitably following a nuclear war. What can go wrong in this reorganization period is examined by the use of scenarios and analogy. It is then suggested that during the crisis period preceding a nuclear war a number of useful actions enhancing the chance of postattack recovery should be undertaken as part of an emergency mobilization for civil defense. This mobilization might instigate actions which would help U.S. society to negotiate the reorganization period successfully. The problems of creating such countermeasures appear to be formidable but possible if: (a) the usable warning provided by the crisis is of sufficient duration (several weeks or more); and (b) the pre-planning for the mobilization action is completed in advance of the need.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 15, 1968
Accession Number
AD0669623

Entities

People

  • Quentin Ludgin
  • Raymond D. Gastil
  • William M. Brown

Tags

Communities of Interest

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

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Blast
  • Civil Defense
  • Commerce
  • Disasters
  • Emergencies
  • Emergency Response
  • Industrial Plants
  • Law
  • Materials
  • Medical Personnel
  • Mobilization
  • National Governments
  • Organizational Realignment
  • Petroleum
  • Petroleum Industry
  • Security
  • Urban Areas

Readers

  • Emergency Management and Homeland Security.
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Systems Analysis and Design