Армагеддон: Сравнительное изображение ядерного конфликта между США и СССР в американском кино

Abstract: Introduction. Film offers a valuable mirror to reflect on how we assess our present and past. The Cold War was one of the most troubled periods in history. Two huge, wealthy, energetic, and creative societies competed in all areas. During those decades of electric change and development they faced each other with weapons of ever increasing lethality. The film industry in both countries looked at how the nuclear exchange would impact in both lands. Over the decades as the weaponry changed, as the patterns of leadership changed, as the economy of the world evolved, both nations’ film industry painted different images of what Armageddon could look like. If we compare comparable films, across similar decades, what do we learn of that era and those people? Methods and Materials. The methods used in the article are comparative, analytical and functional systematic ones. The materials used are the following: 1) five films of both cultures from different decades; 2) secondary accounts of c

Object Details

• Alternative title: Armageddon: Comparative Images of the Nuclear Conflict Between the United States and the Soviet Union in American Cinema
• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Veröffentlichungsversion ; begutachtet (peer reviewed) ; In: Science Journal of Volgograd State University: History - Area Studies - International Relations ; 24 (2019) 5 ; 250-258

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Mannheim
• (who): SSOAR - Social Science Open Access Repository
• (when): 2019
• Creator: Heed, Tom ; Kubyshkin, Alexander I.

Further information

• DOI: 10.15688/jvolsu4.2019.5.18
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2021020515340839553754
• Rights: Open Access; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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