text: for survival . The means available to the civilian population for their physicaluotection against l.{eapons effeets woutd be much l-ess adequate than in a developedcountry. Primitive and perhaps fragile houses would afford 1ittle protectionagainst even veak blast waves and noderate fa11out. rn a varm climate, scantclothing could give rise to a higher incidence of both thermal burns and skininjuries from radioactive partictes in the fallout. Tree felling and large forestfires courd occur in ary coutry but r,rould be rnore difficurt to deaf ith vherethere was a scarcity of various kinds of equipment. 191+" fn tire military discussion of nuclear war it is conunon practice to distinguish"strategic" nuclear r,reapons from "tactical" or "theatre" ones. 'hhereas it is truethat weapcns clenoted "strategic" have " on the average, higher explosive yields andlonger ranges than the others, it is also inportant to realize that the distinctiondoes not priinarily rest with the Feapons themselves but with the ob.iectives forthelr use" 195" Strategic attack is often defined as aining at the elirnination of the attackednation as a war- fighting unit, either as a consequence of the devastation vroughtupon it or because it suffend.ers in order to avoid fulther destruction. Nuclea"veapons hav'.-' added nev dimensions to this concept. rn the second worrd I,Iarstrategic bor0bing was an instnrment for the attrition of the enernyrs industrialpotential , particularly the a"'s industry, and for the demoralization of the enemypopulation. This vas a lengthy process and seen as a supplement rather than analternative to ordinary nilitary operations. Iarith Long-rarge nuclear weapons ithas becone possible to vreak near-complete eradication of a nationls populatlon anddevastation of its economy in less than a dayrs tine and on less than ai hour'snotice" ft is worth noting that even fihat is termed a limited nuclear attack wouldhave the most deleterious conseouences" 196. Another new factor is that some of the nuclear means for strategic use arethense-Lves regarded as strategic targets. Accordingly, two different strategic
analysis: The text appears to be discussing the potential consequences of a nuclear war on civilian populations, including the destruction of infrastructure, loss of life, and environmental damage. The text also touches on the strategic use of nuclear weapons and the distinction between strategic and tactical attacks. Given the focus on the impact of nuclear war on human populations and infrastructure, I hypothesize that the text is most closely related to categories related to humanitarian aid and relief, health, and science and technology.