The contours of America's cold war
By: Matthew Farish
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 351
ISBN-13: 9780816648429; 9780816648436
Subjects: Civilization; Cold War; War and society; Popular culture; History; Atomic bomb; Nuclear warfare
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : a history of cold war spaces; title: Global views : geopolitics, science, and culture; title: Regional intelligence : the militarization of geographical knowledge; title: Illuminating the terrain : social science finds its targets; title: The cybernetic continent : North America as defense laboratory; title: Anxious urbanism : strategies for the atomic city; title: Conclusion : into space.