Soviet Civil Defence: The Trouble With Vegetables

Americans in the early 50s were told there was a "civil defence gap", and that the Soviets were superior in protecting their population? Was this true? As mentioned in the pod, I quote from two academic articles. They are: 'Soviet Civil Defence: The Mineshaft Gap Revisited' by Josh M Weinstein, Arms Control Today, Vol 12, No 7, August 1982 'Was There A Real Mineshaft Gap?' by Edward Geist, Journal of Cold War Studies , Vol 14, No 2, Spring 2012 And you can get ad-free access to the whole archive, plus all bonus episodes, if you join my Patreon here: Julie Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Soviet Civil Defence: The Trouble With Vegetables is an episode from Atomic Hobo by JULIE MCDOWALL.

This episode is 41:22 long.

This episode was published on Feb 10, 2026.

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