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