Unthinking the Unthinkable: Nuclear Weapons and Western CultureAn account of both the existence of weapons and of certain features of public debates over them. Smith (the Writing Program, UCLA) considers the field of discourse which marks the contemporary nuclear debate, citing works of literature and film as diverse as Shakespeare's Henry V and Dr. Strangelove. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
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Antinuclear Psychology and Antinuclear Theology | 22 |
SDI and American Metaphysics | 101 |
1984 and the Hope of Politics | 125 |
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