May 10, 2023 · Civil defense comprises activities designed to minimize the effects of war on the civilian population, deal with immediate emergency conditions, and quickly restore vital utilities and facilities damaged in an attack.

Aug 15, 2023 · The authors examine Ukrainian civilians' contributions to support Ukraine's defense against Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022. Civilian-based resistance is integral to Ukraine's territorial defense efforts and has potential value in helping ensure victory by regaining territorial integrity and maintaining political sovereignty.

Sep 7, 2023 · EMI evolved as threats, hazards, and the concept of what counts as a disaster changed. EMI evolved its organization, curriculum, and delivery modes in four periods, or institutional logics, in emergency management: civil defense from 1951 to 1979, emergency management from 1979 to 2001, homeland security from 2001 to 2020, and expanded all-hazards from 2020 to the present.

The reasons for the long-standing Soviet interest in civil defense are discussed, as well as the basic concepts of Soviet civil defense doctrine. Despite the fact that Soviet authorities appear to be losing interest in some types of urban shelters, and current Soviet propaganda is denying the value of civil defense, the author indicates that ...

The importance of such targets increases in the event of a protracted war, whose occurrence is regarded by the Soviets as sufficiently likely to justify considerable investment in a civil defense program designed to permit the Soviet Union to survive and to seek to win strategic nuclear superiority in the course of the war. (See also RM-3223.)

Initiated in the 1950s and upgraded in 1961, the Soviet civil defense program has increased in scope and intensity since 1966. The system is considered vital to the maintenance of crucial military, industrial, and political capabilities in the event of a nuclear attack.

A description of the Soviet civil-defense program, based on the many Soviet publications issued in connection with the program. Such aspects of the program are discussed as its background, basic Soviet civil-defense theory, organization, training, means of protection, shelter habitability, evacuation, preattack measures, and postattack operations.

A review of the current state of civil defense. Suggestions for the use of existing protection are given and a pattern of organization before and during crisis is outlined....

A discussion of Soviet efforts, especially since 1955, to develop a large civil defense organization and to train the majority of its population in civil defense. Such aspects are considered as organization and administration, training objectives and program, training procedures and techniques, control over participation and quality, and the ...

A discussion of the reasons why Soviet leaders believe their civil defense program is an integral part of the Soviet defense posture, contributing directly to the country's readiness for war. Their postwar civil defense program has been in effect over ten years and has been expanded and accelerated since 1955.