Understanding the imaginary war offers a fresh interpretation of the Cold War as an imaginary war, a conflict that had imaginations of nuclear devastation as one of its main battlegrounds. The book includes survey chapters and case studies on Western Europe, the USSR, Japan and the USA. Looking at various strands of intellectual debate and at different media, from documentary film to fiction, the chapters demonstrate the difficulties to make the unthinkable and unimaginable - nuclear apocalypse - imaginable. The book will be required reading for everyone who wants to understand the cultural dynamics of the Cold War through the angle of its core ingredient, nuclear weapons. -- .
| ISBN: | 9781526131904 |
| Publication date: | 31st July 2018 |
| Author: | Matthew Grant |
| Publisher: | Manchester University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 320 pages |
| Series: | Cultural History of Modern War |
| Genres: |
Nuclear weapons History Social and cultural history Cold wars and proxy conflicts |
Understanding the imaginary war offers a fresh interpretation of the Cold War as an imaginary war, a conflict that had imaginations of nuclear devastation as one of its main battlegrounds. The book includes survey chapters and case studies on Western Europe, the USSR, Japan and the USA. Looking at various strands of intellectual debate and at different media, from documentary film to fiction, the chapters demonstrate the difficulties to make the unthinkable and unimaginable - nuclear apocalypse - imaginable. The book will be required reading for everyone who wants to understand the cultural dynamics of the Cold War through the angle of its core ingredient, nuclear weapons. -- .
Understanding the Imaginary War features in the following genres: Nuclear weapons, History, Social and cultural history, Cold wars and proxy conflicts
Understanding the Imaginary War is available in Paperback
Understanding the Imaginary War was written by Matthew Grant and published by Manchester University Press
Understanding the Imaginary War has 320 pages
Yes it is part of Cultural History of Modern War series
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