War Stars

An updated analysis of the ongoing American quest for the ultimate weapon to end all wars.

H. Bruce Franklin is John Cotton Dana Professor of English and American Studies at Rutgers University.

Acknowledgments to the First Edition	p. ix
Preface to the Revised and Expanded Edition	p. xi
Introduction: Imaging Our Weapons	p. 3
Beyond Manifest Destiny
Robert Fulton and the Weapons of Progress	p. 9
Fantasies of War: 1880-1917	p. 19
Thomas Edison and the Industrialization of War	p. 54
Victory through Air Power
Peace Is Our Profession	p. 81
Billy Mitchell and the Romance of the Bomber	p. 91
The Triumph of the Bombers	p. 101
The Final Catch	p. 112
Chain Reactions
Don't Worry, It's Only Science Fiction	p. 131
Atomic Decision	p. 149
The Rise of Nuclear Culture	p. 155
The Baruch Plan: American Science Fiction	p. 162
Nuclear Scenarios	p. 166
Early Warnings	p. 170
Triumphs of Nuclear Culture	p. 180
End Games
Exit Strategies	p. 191
Star Wars	p. 200
The Age of the Automatons	p. 206
The End!	p. 213
Pax Americana; Or, The Superweapon and the Twenty-first-Century American Imagination
The Science-Fiction Project for the New American Century	p. 217
Mushroom Cloud Over Cincinnati; Or, The Terrorized Empire	p. 221
The New American Century; Or, The Age of Terror	p. 224
The Unimaginable	p. 231
Notes	p. 233
Bibliography of Fiction Discussed	p. 253
Index	p. 259
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