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Give Me Shelter

Give Me Shelter

The Failure of Canada’s Cold War Civil Defence

by Andrew Burtch

Published by: UBC Press

Series: Studies in Canadian Military History

Imprint: UBC Press

12 b&w photos, 8 line art images

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9780774822428
Published: February 2012

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Give Me Shelter is a revealing addition to studies of Canada’s Cold War home front and will appeal to scholars and students of Canadian social, political, and military history since 1945.

Introduction

1 From World War to Cold War, 1945-50

2 The Korean War and the Trouble with Civil Defence, 1950-53

3 Publicizing Armageddon: Responsible Citizenship and Civil Defence, 1948-54

4 Evacuation and Celebration, 1954-56

5 Emergency Measures, 1957-59

6 The Survival Army, 1959-62

7 The Path to a Shelter Program, 1949-59

8 Irresponsible Citizens, 1959-62

9 Cuba, Confusion, and Retreat, 1962-68

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Andrew Burtch is the historian for the post-1945 period at the Canadian War Museum.

Luckily, the Soviets never did bomb us or we would not be around to read Give Me Shelter, an extremely detailed and shocking analysis of how a government and its people failed to connect and collaborate on one of the most important issues facing the world during the Cold War … the book is scarier than science fiction because it shows how unprepared we were to save our own skin had the Russians ever decided to attack. ~Paul Gessell, The Ottawa Citizen

The Hill Times List of Top 100 Best Books (2012) - Commended
C.P. Stacey Award for scholarly work in Canadian Military History (2012) - Winner