COVER

CONTENTS

FOREWORD

INTRODUCTION: LIFE WILL GO ON

1. WHAT AN A-BOMB WILL DO
Atomic Forces -- Destruction from the Bomb -- Underwater or Underground Explosion -- Effect of Air Burst -- Radiation Sickness -- After-Effects of Bombing

2. WHAT YOU CAN DO IN CIVIL DEFENSE
Civil Defense -- Volunteer Jobs in Civil Defense -- The Warden's Job -- Rescue Workers -- Caring for the Homeless -- Fire and Police Aid -- Defense within the Home

3. ORGANIZING AGAINST A-BOMB ATTACK
National Civil Defense -- The National Director -- The Community Director

4. KEEPING A-BOMBS AWAY FROM AMERICA
New Weapons -- Information Centers

5. KINDS OF A-BOMB RADIATION
What Is Radiation? -- Initial Radiation -- Residual Radiation

6. THE DANGER OF RADIOACTIVE POISONING
What is RW? -- Radioactivity from the Superbomb -- The Use of Radioactive Isotopes

7. HOW TO DETECT RADIATION
Photographic Film -- Wilson Cloud Chamber -- Ionization Chambers -- Electroscope -- Proportional Counters -- Geiger-Muller Counter -- Scintillation Counters -- Atomic Detectors for You

8. DECONTAMINATION
Methods of Decontamination -- Reducing Contamination at Home -- Decontamination of Large Areas -- Contamination of Food and Water

9. PREVENTING PANIC
How to Control Fear -- Keeping the Public Informed -- Preparation for a Crisis

10. PROTECTION IS POSSIBLE
Simple Shelters -- The Central Control Station -- How to Make Your Home Safer -- New Buildings

11. MEDICAL FIRST AID
The Geography of First Aid -- First Aid Treatment -- Radiation Sickness -- Serious Bleeding -- Tourniquets

12. THE TREATMENT OF BURNS
Moderate Treatment -- Pressure Treatment of Burns -- Preventing Pain -- Blood Transfusions -- First Aid for Burns

13. THE TREATMENT OF SHOCK
Symptoms -- First Aid for Shock

14. HOW TO FIGHT FIRE
Fire Prevention -- The Fire Department -- Volunteer Auxiliary Firemen -- Making a City Fireproof

15. PREVENTING SABOTAGE AND LOOTING
Role of the Citizen -- Sabotage

16. THE HISTORY OF ATOMIC ENERGY
History of Atomic Energy -- Fission of Uranium -- Separating the Kinds of Uranium -- The Hydrogen Bomb

17. PEACEFUL USES OF ATOMIC ENERGY
Difficulties of Use -- Use of Radioactive Isotopes

18. THE HYDROGEN BOMB -- CAN IT BE MADE?
Kinds of Hydrogen -- The Theory of the Superbomb

19. CAN A-BOMBING BE PREVENTED?

PLANS FOR A SIMPLE SHELTER