Charade of Civil Defense.

This article discusses efforts of the U.S. Civil Defense to prevent citizens during a war. In the first place, the goals of the U.S. Civil Defense planners are hidden by confusion. The average American is not quite sure whether he is expected to hide in his basement or run from his house, and neither is the U.S. Office of Civil Defense and Mobilization. The Civil Defense officials have found themselves with an acclaimed shelter theory, but no shelters, and a discredited evacuation theory, but lots of evacuation facilities. But, even assuming that shelters will perform a limited function, the plain fact remains that almost no one is building them.