{"product_id":"deconstructing-dr-strangelove-sean-m-maloney-9781640121928","title":"Deconstructing Dr. Strangelove: The Secret History of Nuclear War Films","description":"King of the Cold War crisis film, \u003ci\u003eDr. Strangelove\u003c\/i\u003e became a cultural touchstone from the moment of its release in 1964. The duck-and-cover generation saw it as a satire on nuclear issues and Cold War thinking. Subsequent generations, removed from the film's historical moment, came to view it as a quasi-documentary about an unfathomable secret world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Sean M. Maloney uses \u003ci\u003eDr. Strangelove\u003c\/i\u003e and other genre classics like \u003ci\u003eFail Safe\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Bedford Incident\u003c\/i\u003e to investigate a curious pop cultural contradiction. Nuclear crisis films repeatedly portrayed the failures of the Cold War's deterrent system. Yet the system worked. What does this inconsistency tell us about the genre? What does it tell us about the deterrent system, for that matter? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Blending film analysis with Cold War history, Maloney looks at how the celluloid crises stack up against reality--or at least as much of reality as we can reconstruct from these films with confidence. The result is a daring intellectual foray that casts new light on \u003ci\u003eDr. Strangelove\u003c\/i\u003e, one of the Cold War era's defining films. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sean M. Maloney\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1640121927\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781640121928\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Potomac Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 498\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.97lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.25d","brand":"Sean M. Maloney","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43941120082175,"sku":"9781640121928","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_c23dfd1a-7180-403e-bb5f-045301d95bc9.jpg?v=1681451027","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/deconstructing-dr-strangelove-sean-m-maloney-9781640121928","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}