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American defense ideology
American imagination and war
American military innovation
American military technology studies
American superweapons history
American technological ambition
atomic age and culture
atomic bomb development
Author_H.Bruce Franklin
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Cold War weapons history
cultural history of warfare
culture of war in America
defense policy and innovation
defense technology in history
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ethics of advanced weaponry
evolution of American defense
evolution of military power
evolution of strategic weapons
global impact of superweapons
historical analysis of superweapons
history of American defense strategies
history of arms race
history of deterrence theory
history of military engineering
history of military technology
history of nuclear strategy
history of strategic deterrence
history of technological warfare
history of U.S. military strategy
military history and culture
military science and society
military-industrial complex history
nuclear deterrence and policy
nuclear weapons in culture
Robert Fulton submarine history
science and technology in warfare
Star Wars defense program
strategic bomber evolution
strategic military planning
strategic weapons and geopolitics
superweapo
superweapon development in America
superweapon influence on society
superweapons and global politics
technological escalation in warfare
twentieth century military advancements
twenty-first century defense threats
weapons innovation in the United States
weapons of mass destruction analysis
weapons of mass destruction policy
Product details
- ISBN 9781558496514
- Weight: 525g
- Dimensions: 152 x 231mm
- Publication Date: 16 May 2008
- Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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In this new and expanded edition of an already classic work, H. Bruce Franklin brings the epic story of the superweapon and the American imagination into the ominous twenty-first century, demonstrating its continuing importance both to comprehending our current predicament and to finding ways to escape from it.Sweeping through two centuries of American culture and military history, Franklin traces the evolution of superweapons from Robert Fulton's eighteenth-century submarine through the strategic bomber, atomic bomb, and ""Star Wars"" to a twenty-first century dominated by ""weapons of mass destruction,"" real and imagined. Interweaving culture, science, technology, and history, he shows how and why the American pursuit of the ultimate defensive weapon - guaranteed to end all war and bring universal triumph to American ideals - has led our nation and the world into an epoch of terror and endless war.
H. BRUCE FRANKLIN is John Cotton Dana Professor of English and American Studies at Rutgers University. He is author of numerous books, including Vietnam and Other American Fantasies (University of Massachusetts Press, 2001).
