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"Fallout Protection: What to Know and Do About Nuclear Attack" booklet

Booklet titled "Fallout Protection: What to Know and Do About Nuclear Attack", published in December 1961 by the Department of Defense Office of Civil Defense, 46 pages. In the introduction, written by Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, the pamphlet is described as containing the latest scientific information about the effects of thermonuclear attack, as well as a description of the national civil defense program.

Object Details
Object title:

"Fallout Protection: What to Know and Do About Nuclear Attack" booklet

Date:

December 1961

Medium:

Paper, Metal

Dimensions:

7 3/4 × 5 1/8 × 1/8 in. (19.7 × 13 × 0.3 cm)

Credit line:

The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza Collection

Object number:

2016.027.0001

"Fallout Protection: What to Know and Do About Nuclear Attack" booklet

Booklet titled "Fallout Protection: What to Know and Do About Nuclear Attack", published in December 1961 by the Department of Defense Office of Civil Defense, 46 pages. In the introduction, written by Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, the pamphlet is described as containing the latest scientific information about the effects of thermonuclear attack, as well as a description of the national civil defense program.

Object Details
Object title:

"Fallout Protection: What to Know and Do About Nuclear Attack" booklet

Date:

December 1961

Terms:

Fallout shelter

Nuclear threat

Nuclear war

Cold War

McNamara, Robert

Department of Defense

Washington, D.C.

Medium:

Paper, Metal

Dimensions:

7 3/4 × 5 1/8 × 1/8 in. (19.7 × 13 × 0.3 cm)

Credit line:

The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza Collection

Object number:

2016.027.0001