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War Stars: The Superweapon and the American Imagination By H. Bruce Franklin
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Regional Cuisine
- American
- ISBN
- 9780195052954
- Book Title
- War Stars : the Superweapon and the American Imagination
- Item Length
- 9.4in
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, Incorporated
- Publication Year
- 1988
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1in
- Genre
- Literary Criticism, Science, History, Social Science, Performing Arts, Fiction, Political Science
- Topic
- Life Sciences / Botany, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Public Policy / Military Policy, Science Fiction / Collections & Anthologies, Subjects & Themes / Historical events, Military / Weapons, Sociology / General, Film / Genres / Action & Adventure
- Item Width
- 6.4in
- Item Weight
- 22.3 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 288 Pages
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Shortly after H.G. Wells published War of the Worlds , in which Martians decimate humanity, an American author countered with a buoyantly optimistic sequel, Edison's Conquest of Mars --the great Thomas Edison invents a disintegrator beam which exterminates the aliens and unifies Earth behind America. This may seem a harmless fantasy, but as H. Bruce Franklin points out in War Stars , an eye-opening analysis of the superweapon in American culture, Edison's Conquest epitomizes a pattern of thought that has beguiled Americans since the 18th century: the belief that miraculous new weapons will somehow end war and bring global triumph to American ideals. Franklin begins his analysis with Robert Fulton, who first articulated this belief by claiming that an Age of Reason--including an end to ignorance, monarchy, and war--would be ushered in by his three purely "defensive" military inventions: the submarine, the torpedo, and the steam warship. Franklin then traces this treacherously seductive idea as it weaves through American culture in many forms: the flood of "future-war" novels appearing between 1880 and World War I, in which made-in-America superweapons (including the first nuclear arms) keep the world eternally safe for democracy; Billy Mitchell's use of newsreel and popular magazines to promote air power as a weapon for peace; the animated Disney feature "Victory Through Air Power," which concludes with Japan in ruins while "America the Beautiful" plays in the background; a 1940 novel in which America uses atomic bombs to win World War II and establish a Pax Americana along the lines of the 1946 Baruch Plan; and such material prducts as the intercontinental bomber and missile, the atomic and hydrogen bomb, and "defensive" space weapons guaranteed to make previous superweapons "impotent and obsolete." Franklin explores over two hundred movies, rediscovering obscure works that directly influenced later decision-making and reinterpreting such modern classics as Catch 22 , Slaughterhouse Five , and Dr. Strangelove . More important, he shows how American cultural images shape the imagination and discourse responsible for the actual superweapons looming over human destiny. Vividly written and filled with provocative insights, War Stars offers a sweeping account of two centuries of American cultural and military history. This groundbreaking volume provides a new perspective on the debate over nuclear weapons, defense policy, and the future of the earth.
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Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0195052951
ISBN-13
9780195052954
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1447189
Product Key Features
Book Title
War Stars : the Superweapon and the American Imagination
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Life Sciences / Botany, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Public Policy / Military Policy, Science Fiction / Collections & Anthologies, Subjects & Themes / Historical events, Military / Weapons, Sociology / General, Film / Genres / Action & Adventure
Publication Year
1988
Genre
Literary Criticism, Science, History, Social Science, Performing Arts, Fiction, Political Science
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.4in
Item Height
1in
Item Width
6.4in
Item Weight
22.3 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Uf533.F73 1988
Copyright Date
1988
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
87-034734
Dewey Decimal
355.8/2/0973
Dewey Edition
19
Illustrated
Yes
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