In one sense, the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 constitute the only nuclear war ever fought. Because of this,
information on the wide breadth of topics pertinent to warfare—tactics, strategies, weapons effects, etc.—remained scant. In an effort to learn
how to fight and win, and later to fight and survive, a nuclear war, the United States military, civil defense agencies, and the public more
generally, undertook a project of "virtualizing" nuclear war through war games, civil defense exercises, film and television representations,
and the act of live-fire atmospheric nuclear testing from 1945 to 1963. In this way, many small nuclear wars have been fought since 1945, in
pieces, in slices, and in controlled environments that have provided a window onto the possible realities of the broader catastrophe of nuclear
war. / A Dissertation submitted to the Department of History in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree
of Doctor of Philosophy. / Fall Semester 2018. / October 15, 2018. / atomic, cinema, nuclear, war / Includes bibliographical references. / Ronald E. Doel, Professor Directing Dissertation; Joseph R. Hellweg, University Representative; Jonathan A.
Grant, Committee Member; Kristine C. Harper, Committee Member; Guenter Kurt Piehler, Committee Member.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_661199 |
| Contributors | Kinney, D. J. (Donald J.) (author), Doel, Ronald Edmund (professor directing dissertation), Hellweg, Joseph (university representative), Grant, Jonathan A., 1963- (committee member), Harper, Kristine (committee member), Piehler, G. Kurt (committee member), Florida State University (degree granting institution), College of Arts and Sciences (degree granting college), Department of History (degree granting departmentdgg) |
| Publisher | Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English, English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, text, doctoral thesis |
| Format | 1 online resource (243 pages), computer, application/pdf |
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