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In the shadow of the bomb : the legacy of the Cold War in Dr. Strangelove, End Zone, Crash and The wire
- Title
- In the shadow of the bomb : the legacy of the Cold War in Dr. Strangelove, End Zone, Crash and The wire / Niall Heffernan.
- Author
- Heffernan, Niall, 1977-
- Publication
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2018]
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Details
- Description
- vii, 201 pages; 23 cm
- Summary
- "The Cold War, with its promise of imminent, purposeless doom, profoundly shaped the postmodern world in ways not yet fully appreciated. This study examines the Cold War zeitgeist and its aftermath as represented in fiction, film and television"--
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: The Cold War, a forge for capitalist technocracy -- Dr. Strangelove: the secular apocalypse and its technical imperative -- End zone and Crash -- The wire and game theory: "all in the game" -- Conclusion: Imagination is irrationality.
- Call Number
- MFL 18-2990
- ISBN
- 9781476664668
- 1476664668
- LCCN
- 2018005666
- OCLC
- 987796702
- Author
- Heffernan, Niall, 1977- author.
- Title
- In the shadow of the bomb : the legacy of the Cold War in Dr. Strangelove, End Zone, Crash and The wire / Niall Heffernan.
- Publisher
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2018]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- MFL 18-2990