Vulnerabilities of Social Structures - The Black Vault

felt were the real problems of defining and managing post-attack society. Thecontinuing vision and support of Ralph Garrett of the Office of Civil Defense wereespecially important in allowing us to proceed in the manner we did.During the writing of the various chapters in this volume, the Civil DefenseTechnical Office at Stanford Research Institute, Menlo Park, California,assumed a number of management responsibilities for the larger project of whichthis volume is one product. I would like to acknowledge the early support and continuingassistance of William L. White and Howard M. Vollmer of SRI. Later inthe work, Charlton R. Price joined the SRI staff. He enthusiastically entered thedifficult task of suggesting how the final volume might be applied to defining newand sometimes radically different national policies, and he continues to be a responsivecritic for a broad range of ideas.A number of individuals generously contributed their time to suggest theproper definition of particular essays in this volume. Although many people mightbe mentioned, I would especially like to thank Leon Gourd of the RAND Corporation,Santa Monica, California, who provided many valuable suggestions on how to formulatethe chapter which compares possible Soviet and American political andadministra t ive responses to nuclear attack. Jack Hirsbleifer of the University ofCalifornia at Los Angeles allowed me to intrude on a number of occasions, in orderto discuss the economic issues of societal recovery. More than they know, ScottGreer and Robert Winch of Northwestern University have given me many opportunitiesto test the ideas of this volume within the disciplines imposed by empiricalsocial research.A volume such as this one rests in large measure on a vast accumulationof disparate research literature and data. Making this literature accessible andthen applying it required the skills of a number of very hardworking research assistants.I would like to note especially the work of Mrs. Debbie Oakley, whoassisted Howard Swearer in background documentation on Chapter V. Not only didshe efficiently assist in the literature review, but she provided me many additionalcourtesies in coordinating work whose elements were separated by a continent.During one long, hot summer, Robert C. Fuller assisted me in gathering and coordinatingsupplementary demographic data for Chapter In. His work contributedto both the content and appearance of that chapter. In the actual drawing of themany tables and figures in the book, David S. Miller went far beyond the requirementsof commercial drafting, so that he would feel more satisfied with his understandingof what we needed. His efforts have given the book some esthetic meritin addition to whatever scientific merit it may possess.I would also thank Robert Lamson, a former member of the Office of CivilDefense Postattack Research Division professional staff, for his valuable help ingiving us access to a number of documents which were in short supply. I deeplyappreciated his willingness to interrupt his own demanding day to meet our needsfor certain references.xxvi-