Accession Number:

AD1023587

Title:

Impact of American Cinema on Nuclear Geopolitical Identity

Descriptive Note:

Technical Report

Corporate Author:

Air Command and Staff College Maxwell Air Force Base United States

Personal Author(s):

• Dooley,Michael J.

Report Date:

2014-04-01

Pagination or Media Count:

31.0

Abstract:

American cinema has shaped and reinforced nuclear ideological geopolitics in the United States since the beginning of the Cold War. Early on, motion pictures were used to support costly investments in nuclear technology and illustrate the futility of nuclear war to policymakers and the public. When US nuclear strategy appeared to shift away from deterrence later in the Cold War, American cinema pushed back by graphically showing the effects of nuclear war to the public.

Descriptors:

• MOTION PICTURE FILM
• GEOPOLITICS
• INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
• national security
• nuclear weapons
• treaties
• weapons of mass destruction
• arms control
• military operations
• united states government
• cold war
• recreation
• SCENARIOS
• PERCEPTION (PSYCHOLOGY)
• POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES

Subject Categories:

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE