The contours of America's Cold War / Matthew Farish.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Farish, Matthew.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Atomic bomb--Social aspects--United States--History--20th century.

Atomic bomb.

Cold War--Social aspects--United States.

Cold War.

Nuclear warfare--Social aspects--United States--History--20th century.

Nuclear warfare.

Popular culture--United States--History--20th century.

Popular culture.

War and society--United States--History--20th century.

War and society.

United States--Civilization--1945-.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (382 p.)

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In The Contours of America's Cold War , Matthew Farish explores new ways of conceptualizing space as part of post-World War II American militarism. He demonstrates how the social sciences were militarized in the early Cold War period, producing spatial knowledge that was of immediate use to the state as it sought to expand its reach across the globe. Geographic knowledge generated for the Cold War was a form of power, Farish argues, and it was given an urgency in the panels, advisory boards, and study groups established to address the challenges of an atomic world. He investigates how the scal

Contents:

Introduction : a history of cold war spaces

Global views : geopolitics, science, and culture

Regional intelligence : the militarization of geographical knowledge

Illuminating the terrain : social science finds its targets

The cybernetic continent : North America as defense laboratory

Anxious urbanism : strategies for the atomic city

Conclusion : into space.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-7508-2

OCLC:

698116870