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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Hunt, Andrew E. (1968-....)
Titre(s) : We begin bombing in five minutes [Texte imprimé] : late Cold War culture in the age of Reagan / Andrew Hunt
Publication : Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, 2021
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (x-213 p.-[8] p. de pl.) : ill. ; 24 cm
Collection : Culture and politics in the Cold War and beyond
Lien à la collection : Culture and politics in the Cold War and beyond
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-203) and index
"In the moments before his weekly radio address hit the airwaves in 1984, Ronald Reagan
made an off-the-record joke: "I've signed legislation that will outlaw Russia forever.
We begin bombing in five minutes." As reports of the stunt leaked to the press, many
Americans did not find themselves laughing along with the president. Long a fervent
warrior against what he termed the "Evil Empire," by the mid-1980s, Reagan confronted
growing domestic opposition to his revival of the Cold War. While numerous histories
of the era have glorified the "Decade of Greed," historian Andrew Hunt instead explores
the period's robust political and cultural dissent. We Begin Bombing in Five Minutes
focuses on a striking array of protest movements that took up issues such as the nuclear
arms race, U.S. intervention in Central America, and American investments in South
Africa. Hunt's new history of the eighties investigates how film, television, and
other facets of popular culture critiqued Washington's Cold War policies and reveals
that activists and cultural rebels alike posed a more meaningful challenge to the
Cold War's excesses than their predecessors in the McCarthy era"
Autre(s) forme(s) du titre :
- Autre forme du titre : Late Cold War culture in the age of Reagan
Sujet(s) : Guerre froide dans la culture populaire -- États-Unis
Mouvements pacifistes -- États-Unis -- 1945-1990
Politique et gouvernement -- États-Unis -- 1981-1989
Indice(s) Dewey :
973.927 (23e éd.) = Histoire - États-Unis - 1981-1989
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781625345769
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb47432503n
Notice n° :
FRBNF47432503
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Setting the stage ; Nostalgia wars ; In the shadow of Vietnam ; Seeing Reds ;
No nukes ; The wars for Central America ; The end of the line ; Conclusion
