Civil Defense Abroad

By TACDA | October 27, 2017
Brick church and stone bridge, lush green setting.

From the “Journal Archives” …..Journal of Civil Defense, Jan-Feb 1978 Reports and repercussions of the 1977 American “Civil Defense Debate” are appearing in foreign publications. In Great Britain, The Journal of the Institute of Civil Defense digs into Congressional hearings and says: One Republican, Congressman William Whitehurst, also argued that it would be criminal to…

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Pragmatic Civil Defense

By TACDA | March 14, 2017
Black and white portrait of a man.

By W. E. Manry, Jr., M.D . Published in the Journal of Civil Defense; October 1987 (Dr. W. E. “Bill” Manry looks at American civil defense without the soporific “benefits” of apathy, wishful thinking and procrastination. This leads him to some shocking conclusions about the fate of his fellowman when the nuclear chips are down.…

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Kennedy on Civil Defense

By TACDA | February 24, 2017
A man in suit and tie at podium with microphones.

The following is a letter from President John F. Kennedy to the members of Congress and read by Stewart Pittman October 6, 1961 Gentlemen: I was gratified to learn of the productive meeting of the Committee on Civil Defense of the Governors Conference on September 17 in the Pentagon. The basis was well laid for…

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What to Do With Good News?

By TACDA | April 27, 2016
A time magazine cover with an image of a man.

By Edward Teller, Ph.D. (published in the Journal of Civil Defense, Spring 1993) I had just finished a delightful lunch with my grandson. At the end of it, he made a statement as horrible as it was surprising: “A few years ago,” he said, “I thought that the human race would not survive the 21st…

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