Under the shadow the atomic bomb and Cold War narratives / David Seed.

Author/creator Seed, David
Format Electronic
Publication InfoKent, Ohio : Kent State University Press,
Description299 p. ; 25 cm.
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Subjects

Contents The atom - from H. G. Wells to Leo Szilard -- The dawn of the atomic age - the bomb and Hiroshima -- The debate over nuclear refuge -- Do-it-yourself survival -- Philip Wylie on the state of the nation -- Cultural cycles in Walter M. Miller's A canticle for Leibowitz -- The pathology of warfare in Bernard Wolfe's Limbo -- Push-button holocaust in Mordecai Roshwald's Level 7 -- Whales, submarines, and the Bedford incident -- Nuclear safety procedures in Fail-safe -- Uncovering the death wish in Dr. Strangelove -- Mapping the postnuclear landscape -- Future reportage on World War III -- Beyond the Cold War.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 272-286) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2012039121
ISBN9781606351468 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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