"Fallout Protection: What to Know and Do About Nuclear Attack" booklet
Object number2016.027.0001
DateDecember 1961
ClassificationsBooks
Creator
Department of Defense
ObjectBooklet
Credit LineThe Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza Collection
MediumPaper, Metal
Dimensions7 3/4 × 5 1/8 × 1/8 in. (19.7 × 13 × 0.3 cm)
DescriptionBooklet 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.
U.S. Congress
11/24/1963 - 12/12/1963
