Includes bibliographical references (pages [149]-150) and indexes. Filmography: pages [145]-147.
Contents:
National security cinema and American strategic identity : Structural links -- Experiencing and dreaming-up history, 1951-1982 -- Justifying the new strategic power, 1982-1990 -- New threats, 1990-1994 -- The need to fight terrorism, 1994-2000 -- Pearl Harbor Syndrome and the fables of technology, 1986-2000 -- Saving ground combat, 1987-2000 -- Around September 11 -- The state and defence: Questions of legitimacy -- Empire, war and revolution.
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