War Stars
H. Bruce Franklin(Author)
Oxford University Press Inc
Published on 20. October 1988
Book
Hardback
272 pages
978-0-19-505295-4 (ISBN)
Description
This cultural history of the superweapon in American society compares the history of American military technology and modern military theory and practice with the image of the nuclear arms race as seen in modern literature and film. The author offers a critical analysis of the historical and imaginative predicament created by these weapons. Franklin argues that neither American weapons nor American culture can be understood in isolation from each other. Continually emerging from the culture, the weapons continually transform the culture, and understanding this process may be a first step in discovering an escape from it.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
30 half-tones
ISBN-13
978-0-19-505295-4 (9780195052954)
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Schweitzer Classification