The final frontier : America, science, and terror / Dominick Jenkins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jenkins, Dominick.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science and state.

History.

United States--Military policy.

United States.

Military policy.

Military-industrial complex--United States.

Military-industrial complex.

Science and state--United States--History--20th century.

Science and state--United States--History--21st century.

War on Terrorism, 2001-2009--Causes.

War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.

United States--Military policy--Public opinion.

Local Subjects:

United States--Military policy--Public opinion.

Physical Description:

viii, 312 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Verso, 2002.

Summary:

In this highly original and provocative work, Jenkins provides a meticulously researched history of United States weapons policy and shows how presidential advisors helped produce the very enemies they warned against. The comparisons Jenkins draws with the contemporary situation are clear and compelling.

Contents:

Introduction: New York in Ruins 1

1 The Infant Stage 9

2 The Marked Leaders of the World 29

3 The German Outlaw 47

4 A New Declaration of Independence 65

5 Democratic Despotism 87

6 The Striking and Stupendous Spectacle 97

7 Bolts from the Blue 115

8 The Bankruptcy of Empire and its Relaunch 129

9 The Coming Community 155

10 The Gyroscope 171

Airpower: a visual essay 181

11 The Bomber/Poison Gas Combination 195

12 The Mind which is Destined to Govern the World 213

13 Permanent Mobilization 233

14 Manifesto for a Global Deep Science Movement 259.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [287]-306) and index.

ISBN:

1859846823

OCLC:

50495356