Future Wars: The Anticipations and the Fears - Couverture rigide

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ISBN 10 : 184631755X ISBN 13 : 9781846317552

Editeur : Liverpool University Press, 2012

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Présentation de l'éditeur :

The subject of this timely book is that body of fiction which speculates in narrative form about the nature of wars likely to break out in the near or distant future. Although earlier instances occur, the origins of this mode lie primarily in the late nineteenth century but writing about future wars continues to this day with notable fiction on the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Ranging widely across periods and conflicts real and imagined, and boasting contributions from the late I. F. Clarke, H. Bruce Franklin and Patrick Parrinder, "Future Wars" explores the fascinating process of interaction between politics and literature, science fiction and war in a range of classic texts. Individual essays explore Reagan's 'star wars' project, nuclear fiction, Martian invasion, and the Pax Americana among other topics. The use of future war scenarios in military planning dates back to the nineteenth century. "Future Wars" concludes with an assessment by an officer in the U.S. Army of the continuing usefulness of future wars fiction.

Biographie de l'auteur :

David Seed is Professor of English at the University of Liverpool. He is the editor of The Blackwell Companion to Science Fiction (2005) and (with Susan Castillo) American Travel and Empire (LUP, 2009); author of Cinematic Fictions (LUP, 2009) and Brainwashing: The Fictions of Mind Control (Kent State University Press, 2004).

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Liverpool University Press
• Date d'édition: 2012
• ISBN 10: 184631755X
• ISBN 13: 9781846317552
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 302