《THE NUCLEAR SURVIVAL HANDBOOK LIVING THROUGH AND AFTER A NUCLEAR ATTACK》

Chapter One: A Nuclear Explosion1

Light2

Heat2

Blast3

Radiation6

Chapter Two: Chemical Warfare32

Chemical Weapons32

Gas Masks43

Accidental Dispersion of Chemical Poisons46

Chapter Three: Shelters53

Siting a Shelter53

Specifications for Private Shelters56

Purpose-Built Shelters71

Chapter Four: Biological Hazards82

Amebiasis89

Anthrax91

Botulism94

Brucellosis96

Cholera98

Diphtheria102

Food Poisoning105

Plague109

Poliomyelitis114

Q Fever117

Rabies118

Shigella Dysenteriae121

Smallpox124

Trichiniasis125

Typhoid127

Typhus131

Weil's Disease135

Yellow Fever136

Chapter Five: Vermin138

Insects138

Rodents146

Chapter Six: Sustenance163

Water163

Food172

Edible Plants175

Animal Foods191

Chapter Seven: The Social Survivor205

Ethics and Civil Disorder205

New Social Groups209

Life in Devastated Areas214

Contingency Plans224

Chapter Eight: Wounds and Malnutrition230

Wounds230

Malnutrition243

Appendices249

I. Effects of a Ten-Megaton Explosion251

II. Radiation Has Rules254

III. Charcoal255

IV. Requirements in the Shelter257

V. Milk260

VI. Injections262

VII. Herbal Medicines264

VIII. Artificial Respiration266

IX. Antiseptics and Disinfectants271

X. Insecticides and Repellents276

XI. The Pulse280

XII. Temperature281

XIII. Cyanide Poisoning284

XIV. Formulas, Measures, and Equivalents286

XV. Ferrets287

XVI. Morse Code290

XVII. Alphabet Flags291

XVIII. Semaphore293

XIX. Map Reading294

XX. Winds300

XXI. Homespun Fallout305

Further Reading317

Bibliography319

Commercial Nuclear Power Reactors in the United States328

Index343