Details the cultural history and personal stories behind an iconic figure of Cold War masculinity - the fallout shelter father. Thomas Bishop demonstrates that the nuclear crisis years of 1957 to 1963 were not just pivotal for the history of international relations but were also a transitional moment in the social histories of American fatherhood.
The Iraqi city of Fallujah has become an epicentre of geopolitical conflict, where foreign powers and non-state actors have repeatedly waged war. The Sacking of Fallujah is the first comprehensive study of the three recent sieges of this city, including those by the United States in 2004 and the Iraqi-led operation to defeat ISIS in 2016.
Brings together for the first time Marilyn Young's articles and essays on American war, including never before published works. Moving from the first years of the Cold War to Korea, Vietnam, and more recent 'forever' wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Young reveals the ways in which war became ever-present, yet more covert and abstract.
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