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Deconstructing Dr. Strangelove The Secret History of Nuclear War Films
Author
Title
Deconstructing Dr. Strangelove [electronic resource] : The Secret History of Nuclear War Films / Sean M. Maloney.
ISBN
1640123512
9781640123519
9781640121928
Publication
Lincoln : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, [2020]
Manufacture
Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2020.
Copyright Notice Date
©[2020]
Physical Description
1 online resource
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Access is available to the Yale community.
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Description based on print version record.
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Summary
"'Deconstructing Dr. Strangelove' examines how well the Cold War crisis films stack up against historical reality, or at least as much of that reality as we can reconstruct with confidence"-- Provided by publisher.
Variant and related titles
Project MUSE - 2020 Complete.
Project MUSE - 2020 Film, Theater and Performing Arts.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 08, 2020
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Book! Movie! The literary genesis of the Cold War nuclear crisis film
Purity of essence I : the nuclear leader and the psychological dimension in fact and fiction
Purity of essence II : the men and the mission
Purity of essence III : the LeMay-Power Deterrent Campaign and Dr. Strangelove
Peace is our profession : General Thomas Power and nuclear crisis behavior
Theatre of war : fighting in the war room
Plan R : positive control, airborne alert, and the nuclear crisis films
Strategic underground command : the ICBM Force in film and history
Dr. Strangelove goes to sea : Cold War nuclear naval operations on film.
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