Cold War Civil Defence in Western Europe : Sociotechnical Imaginaries of Survival and Preparedness.

Cold War Civil Defence in Western Europe -- Preface -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- 1 Introduction: New Paths in Civil Defence History -- Historiography, Trends and Aims -- Sociotechnical Imaginaries: Introducing and Exploring a Concept -- Applying and Adjusting the Concept -- Outline of the Book -- References -- 2 Order on Their Home Fronts: Imagining War and Social Control in 1950s NATO -- Sociotechnical Imaginaries and Concepts of War -- Imagining War and Civil Defence in 1950s NATO -- Bringing in Science -- Control -- Conclusion -- References -- 3 The Imagined Disastrous: West German Civil Defence Between War Preparation and Emergency Management 1950-1990 -- Disaster as Rhetoric, War as Reality: Early West German Civil Defence 1950-1968 -- From the Sensationalist to the Pragmatic: Later West German Civil Defence -- The Emergence of All-Hazards Disaster Medicine in West Germany 1956-1989 -- Conclusion -- References -- 4 Normalising Nuclear War: Narrative Scenarios, Imaginative Geographies and Sites of Leisure in 1950s Britain -- Civil Defence in the UK -- Historiography: Civil Defence and Sociotechnical Imaginaries -- 'Narrative Scenarios' of Nuclear Attack: Normalising Imaginary War -- Civic Engagement and Sites of Leisure -- Imaginative Geographies -- Conclusion -- References -- 5 Embedding Preparedness, Assigning Responsibility: The Role of Film in Sociotechnical Imaginaries of Civil Defence -- Sociotechnical imaginaries and visual history: Civil defence films as practices of embedding -- Early films (c. 1949-1954) -- Later films (c. 1954-1965) -- Conclusion -- References -- 6 'The World is Her Home': The Role of Women Volunteers in Dutch Civil Defence in the 1950s and 1960s -- Rise and Decline of the Bescherming Bevolking -- Dutch Women in the Cold War: Social Position, Ideals and Voluntary Work.

Women volunteers and the BB -- Conclusions -- References -- 7 Ruins of Resilience: Imaginaries and Materiality Imagineered and Embedded in Civil Defence Architecture -- Ruins and Catastrophe Imagineered -- Getting to Denmark -- Building the Perfect Ruins -- Performing and Taming Nuclear Catastrophe -- Conclusions -- References -- 8 Framing Civil Defence Critique: Swiss Physicians' Resistance to the Coordinated Medical Services in the 1980s -- Mobilising the Nation to Save the 'Swiss People' -- Practices of Resistance: Claiming That Individual Action Matters -- Civil Defence Critics: Between Public Enemies and Public Support -- Conclusion -- References -- 9 Remembering Desirable Futures? Civil Defence Memories and Everyday Life in Sweden and the UK -- Sociotechnical Imaginaries and Civil Defence Memories -- Civil Defence Memories in Sweden and the UK -- Localities -- Temporalities -- Mediations -- Conclusion -- References -- 10 Conclusion: Civil Defence Futures (Re)imagined -- Theoretical Reflections -- Common Themes and New Insights -- Preparedness Redux -- References -- Index.

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