This deluxe, unabridged reprint Historic Refernece Edition of the U.S. Office of Civil Defense 1966 manual Personal and Family Survival recounts another time when Americans prepared for personal and family security. This historic study in emergency preparedness is worthwhile reading for anyone interested in cold-war history, the development and use of fallout shelters in the 1960-1970s, emergency survival, and having your family well prepared for when disaster strikes, be it a powerful storm, epidemic, local emergency, or other large-scale shutdown of daily economic operations.