Vulnerabilities of Social Structures - The Black Vault

About the Contributors to Part IINeil J. Smelser, author of Chapters II and VI ("The Social Dimensionsof Nuclear Attack" and "Methodological Issues in the Social Analysisof Nuclear Attack and Recovery") is Professor of Sociology and AssistantChancellor for Educational Development in the University of California atBerkeley. For 2everal years, he edited the American Sociological Review.David M. Beer, author of Chapter III ("Demographic Aspects ofVulnerability and Recover~i from Nuclear Attack") is Assistant Professorof Biostai•lics and Demography in the School of Public Health, HarvardUniversity. He began work on this chapter while associated with the InternationalPopulation and Urban Research Program in the Institute of InternationalStudies, University of California at Berkeley.Sidney G. Winter, Jr., author of Chapter IV ("Societal Recoveryafter Nuclear War: The Economic Dimensions"), has rejoined the staff ofthe RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, California, after a period as AssistantProfessor of Economics in the University of California at Berkeley,during which he wrote this chapter. He has served on the staff of theCouncil of Economic Advisers in the Executive Office of the President.Howard R. Swearer, author of Chapter V ("Local Government inthe U. S. and the U. S. S. R. under Stress: A Comparative View of SomePolitical-Administrative Dimensions of Nuclear Attack"), is Associate Professorof Political Science in the University of Caliiornia at Los Angeles.A specialist in Soviet administrative practices, he wrote this chapter whileserving as Acting Director of the Russian and East European Studies Centerat UCLA.xxviii- . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . .