Civil Defense Systems: Social Impact and ... - The Black Vault

UNCLASSIFIEDDOC REPORT BIBLIOGRAPHY SEARCH CONTROL NO. /ZMML?AD-637 90U 5/3 51'INSTITUTE FOR DEFENbE ANALYSES ARLINGTON VA ECONOMIC ANDPOLITICAL STUDIES DIVU. S. CIVIL DEFENSE BEFORE 1950. THE ROOTS OF PUBLICLAi. 920.(U)DLSCRIPTIVE NOTE: SUMMARY REPT.MAY 66 192P JnRDANONEHEMIAHRLP79 NU. 5TUDY-5-212,IDA/Hm-65-3756CONTRACT: OCD-0S-63-1 3 9,UNCLASSIFIEU REPORTSUPPLEMENTARYNOTE;DESCRIPTORS; (#CIVIL DEFENSE SYSTEMS, OUNITEO5TATES)s LAW, HISTORY* SOCIAL sCIENCLS,PSYCHOLOGY, PUBLIC OPINION, POLITICAL SCIENCE*MANAGEMENT PLANNING, GREAT BRITAIN, LEADERSHIP,UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT(U)IDENTIFIERS: KOREA (U)THE HISTOkIC BACKGROUND OF PUBLIC LAW 92O, THECIVIL DLFENSE ACT OF 1950, IS EXAMINED IN ORDERTO ILLUMINATE THE CAUSES OF THE DIFFICULTIEc NOWCONFRONTING THOSE CONCERNED WITH NATIONAL CIVILDEFENSE IN THEIR EFFORTS TO ESTABLISH AN OPERATIONALOR POTENTIALLY OPERATIONAL CIVIL DEFENSEORGANIZATION. THE HYPOTHESIS OF THE STUDY IS THATMANJY OF THESE DIFFICULTIES ARE AN INHERITANCE OF AFURGOTTEN PAST. THE STUDY OF THIS PERIOD SHOWSTHAT MANY OF THE EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE ENACTMENTOF THIS LA4, AS 6ELL AS THE INTENT OF THOSE INVOLVEDIN ITS LEGjISLATION. ARE PROBABLY RADICALLYMISUNDERSTOOD AT PRLSENT. UNDERSTANOING OF EVENTSPRIOR TO THE ENACTMENT UF THE LAA SHEDS MUCh LI4HT ONMANY CURRENT DEFENSL DIFFICULTIES AND, AS SUCH, ISUSEFUL FOR FUTURE PLANNING. (AUTHOR) (U)83UNCLASSIFIED/ZMML7