Guide for Civil Defense Action in the Washington Warning Area [cover title]

  • Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1959
By United States Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization
Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1959. Good+. [Washington, DC]: [U.S. Government Printing Office], [1959]. First Edition. Octavo (23cm.); publisher's staple bound pictorial self-wrappers; 15pp.; large folding map printed in black and red bound in at center fold, text illus. throughout. Wrappers quite toned and rather soiled, brief worm-holing to upper cover, else Good to Very Good, contents clean and sound.

Cold War-era guide to the Washington warning area in the event of a nuclear attack. Sections include how to use the CONELRAD emergency radio station, preparing oneself against fallout, and a list of survival items, which include a two-week supply of food and water and a home use radiation meter (when available).

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