Foreword by Dr. Edward Teller	6
About the Author by Dr. Eugene P. Wigner	10
Acknowledgements	12
Introduction	14
Chapter 1 The Dangers from Nuclear Weapons: Myths and Facts	21
Chapter 2 Psychological Preparations	31
Chapter 3 Warnings and Communications	33
Chapter 4 Evacuation	40
Chapter 5 Shelter, the Greatest Need	49
Chapter 6 Ventilation and Cooling of Shelters	65
Chapter 7 Protection Against Fires and Carbon Monoxide	81
Chapter 8 Water	85
Chapter 9 Food	95
Chapter 10 Fallout Radiation Meters	119
Chapter 11 Light	127
Chapter 12 Shelter Sanitation and Preventive Medicine	130
Chapter 13 Surviving Without Doctors	136
Chapter 14 Expedient Shelter Furnishings	149
Chapter 15 Improvised Clothing and Protective Items	156
Chapter 16 Minimum Pre-Crisis Preparations	164
Chapter 17 Permanent Family Fallout Shelters for Dual Use	167
Chapter 18 Trans-Pacific Fallout	188
Appendices
A Instructions for Six Expedient Fallout Shelters	193
A.1 Door-Covered Trench Shelter	198
A.2 Pole-Covered Trench Shelter	203
A.3 Small-Pole Shelter	208
A.4 Aboveground, Door-Covered Shelter	215
A.5 Aboveground, Ridgepole Shelter	221
A.6 Above ground, Crib-Walled Shelter	228
B How to Make and Use a HomemadeShelter-Ventilating Pump, the KAP	234
C A HOMEMADE FALLOUT METER, THE K.F.M. - HOW TO MAKE AND USE IT	253
D Expedient Blast Shelters	284
E How to Make and Use a Homemade Plywood Double Action Piston Pump and Filter	300
F Means for Providing Improved Natural Ventilation and Daylight to a Shelter with an Emergency Exit	319
Selected References	323
Selected Index	326