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Discusses novels that present scenarios based on threats to USA, which have then become institutionalised through their use by the CIA, Homeland Security, and other bodies
Examines the overlap between material in fiction, and in security planning
Uses 9/11 as a major reference point for fears of nuclear terrorism
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Authors and Affiliations
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University of Liverpool , Liverpool, UK
David Seed
About the author
David Seed is a professor in the English Department at Liverpool University, UK. In addition to single-author studies and critical collections, his publications include American Science Fiction and the Cold War (1999), Brainwashing: The Fictions of Mind Control (2004), Cinematic Fictions (2010), and Under the Shadow: The Atomic Bomb and Cold War Narratives (2013). He is co-editor of the Science Fiction Texts and Studies series for Liverpool University Press.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: US Narratives of Nuclear Terrorism Since 9/11
Book Subtitle: Worst-Case Scenarios
Authors: David Seed
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-54328-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-54327-1Published: 18 April 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-71312-7Due: 02 May 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-54328-8Published: 06 April 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: V, 347
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Terrorism and Political Violence