Civil defense under the Truman administration: the impact of politicians and scientists

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dc.contributor.authorFitzpatrick, Anne Claireen
dc.contributor.committeechairKaufman, Burton I.en
dc.contributor.committeememberMoyer, Albert E.en
dc.contributor.committeememberNurse, Ronald J.en
dc.contributor.departmentHistoryen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:27:05Zen
dc.date.adate2010-01-12en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:27:05Zen
dc.date.issued1992-04-14en
dc.date.rdate2010-01-12en
dc.date.sdate2010-01-12en
dc.description.abstractThis thesis chronicles and examines the development of civil defense under the Truman administration. Both Washington's politicians and various atomic scientists embraced civil defense planning as a method of combating the Cold War and ensuring domestic national security. These efforts resulted in the Federal Civil Defense Administration (FCDA). The FCDA was the product of unrealistic assumptions and poor planning. Congress consistently allotted the agency unsubstantial yearly operating budgets, and consequently the FCDA always remained in the shadow of the larger military effort. Under the Truman administration, the FCDA was materially unsuccessful, because its nationwide shelter program never came to fruition. The civil defense administration's public information program, however, was modestly successful in that it raised public awareness of the possibility of atomic attack.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Artsen
dc.format.extentv, 89 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-01122010-020150en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-01122010-020150/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/40615en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V855_1992.F589.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 26557447en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 1992.F589en
dc.subject.lcshCivil defense -- United States -- Historyen
dc.titleCivil defense under the Truman administration: the impact of politicians and scientistsen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineHistoryen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Artsen

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