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Eugene P. Wigner - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Roadblocks to Civil Defense
    Socio-Political Reflections and Civil Defense, 1998
    Co-Authors: Eugene P. Wigner
    Abstract:

    I have often tried to explain the need for a vigorous Civil Defense effort, why and how such an effort would go far in preserving peace and how it could save many millions of lives if war should come nevertheless. “Why Civil Defense?” would be an apt title for this subject because we want the Civil Defense effort to be strong and vigorous. But my subject is also the opposite: “Why No Civil Defense?”. What are the roadblocks? Why isn’t the Civil Defense effort as strong and effective as we would like it to be? Why is there not a popular demand for it? There are, it seems to me, three principal reasons for this.

  • Why Civil Defense
    Socio-Political Reflections and Civil Defense, 1998
    Co-Authors: Eugene P. Wigner
    Abstract:

    Proposals for Civil Defense raise questions regarding both what can be accomplished and the concomitant effects. The present discussion will be concerned only with the concomitant effects. As to the question of feasibility, it must suffice for the present to note that all who have seriously studied this question agree that Civil Defense preparations could drastically reduce the Civilian casualties of a nuclear war.

  • Nuclear War and Civil Defense
    Socio-Political Reflections and Civil Defense, 1998
    Co-Authors: Eugene P. Wigner
    Abstract:

    No Defense against weapons is perfect, and Civil Defense—protection of Civilians against the dangers of war and particularly against the effects of nuclear weapons—is no exception to the rule. On the other hand, the harm which any weapon can cause can be diminished by suitable protective measures. This applies also to nuclear weapons. The questions to which we seek answers are, therefore, not whether protection against nuclear weapons is possible, but how such protection can be established, how effective the protection can be, and what the economic and political consequences of the protective measures may be. In the language of the social scientist, our inquiry is directed toward the costs and rewards of Civil Defense.

  • Civil Defense and Disarmament
    Socio-Political Reflections and Civil Defense, 1998
    Co-Authors: Eugene P. Wigner
    Abstract:

    Technical problems of Civil Defense are relatively simple when compared to the problems of active Defense. They require only a knowledge of the effects of nuclear weapons, not of the structure of the weapons themselves. The latter is necessary only if one attempts to destroy the weapons rather than to protect against the effects of their explosion.

  • Civil Defense in the Soviet Union
    Socio-Political Reflections and Civil Defense, 1998
    Co-Authors: Joanne L. Gailar, Eugene P. Wigner
    Abstract:

    The Soviet Union has a large-scale and substantial Civil Defense program—a program which is endorsed and supported by top Party and government officials and which embraces every man, woman, and child in the land.

Melanie J Ilic - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Soviet Women and Civil Defense Training in the 1930s
    Minerva Journal of Women and War, 2008
    Co-Authors: Melanie J Ilic
    Abstract:

    Using a selection of the publications of the Soviet voluntary Civil Defense organisation Osoaviakhim, this paper examines Soviet women’s para-military training and war preparations in the 1930s. Specific attention is paid to shooting sports and motor racing. Mention is also made of female pilots, parachutists and other areas of Civil Defense training. The paper discusses the impact of women’s participation in Osoaviakhim on gender roles and the militarization of Soviet society in the 1930s.

Li Don - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • The fire design of underground Civil Defense project
    2008
    Co-Authors: Li Don
    Abstract:

    Combined with the specific example of the fire design of single-excavation underground Civil Defense project,it general discusses the design points of auto fire alarm system of underground Civil Defense project,the matching of alarm controlling and the division of detecting area,and points out that the design is safe and applied,the technique is advance and economical and reasonable,and can supply reference to the designers.

Zhang Zheng-we - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

Yang Li-zhe - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.