Document 25-6: Michigan Office Of Civil Defense, The Family Fallout Shelter: Your One Defense Against Fallout (1959)

Finding Security in an Age of Anxiety

MICHIGAN OFFICE OF CIVIL DEFENSE, The Family Fallout Shelter: Your One Defense Against Fallout (1959)

Cold War anxiety was fueled by the threat of a nuclear war between the United States and the Soviet Union, each of which had a massive arsenal of nuclear weapons pointed at the other. The government’s Office of Civil Defense (OCD), and similar state-level offices, both stoked this anxiety and helped to alleviate it by promoting readiness and preparedness campaigns to protect Americans. Do-it-yourself fallout shelters became a popular civil defense measure.

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Source: Image provided by the Michigan Civil Defense Museum, www.michigancivildefense.com.

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