War American Films, War Games And Dr. Strangelove

Jarhead follows the journey of Anthony Swofford during his service in Middle East. Throughout his journey, Swofford presents a unique perspective on a variety of issues that indirectly affect American life and the “war” on terrorism. Some of the issues touched on include the mental stability and mentality of American soldiers, the influence of politics in the presentation of war, and the construction of a marine. Through these themes, along with the unique perspectives offered by the characters in the film, the audience is able to gain insight into the corruption and lies that are “war”. This insight ultimately helps the audience analyze the text deeper and enables them to draw the similarities in current events and dissect what they

Stanley Kubrick’s sexual parody, Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, illustrates an unfathomed nuclear catastrophe. Released in the midst of the Cold War, this 1964 film satirizes the heightened tensions between America and Russia. Many sexual insinuations are implemented to ridicule the serious issue of a global nuclear holocaust, in an effort to countervail the terror that plagued America at that time. Organizing principles, such as Kubrick’s blunt political attitudes about the absurdity of war and the satirical genre, are echoed by the film style of his anti-war black comedy, Dr. Strangelove.

The Cold War was a pivotal time in American history. To a greater degree than most other wars, the Cold War affected American society in unfathomable and profound ways. More specifically, American culture transformed immensely during this time. From a constant state of anxiety, to changes in media and the arts, to McCarthyism; the Cold War fervently affected the quality of life, personal expression, and American politics. Predominantly, the Cold War inflicted fear and apprehension within the American people that was so overpowering that it affected every aspect of their lives and overall American culture.

However, to condemn those in positions of power for their actions is to misinterpret the volatile climate of the Cold War Era in which they operated. The polarized political thought and the turbulent domestic events that shadowed everyday life had a profound impact on American thought and culture and the lives of public figures who dominate the story. To truly understand the impact of these characters and the climate of the American Cold War theatre, the complexity of the dynamics within society must be understood from the point of view and the

When the Soviet Union came into possession of a nuclear bomb, the realization that the horrific aftermath, much like the one in Hiroshima, could happen in America struck fear into Americans.

In this paper I will discuss what actions and thoughts added up to cause the cold war. The cold war lasted from September 1, 1945 to about December 25, 1991. That is about forty-five years, which is an extremely long time. The cold war was a global competition basically between two sides, the Free World, which was led by the United States of America, and the Communist World led by the Soviet Union. The struggle took place through indirect military conflict, and direct competition in the areas of economics, diplomacy, culture, space exploration, and political theory. It also involved nuclear stand offs, espionage, and global competition for other nations. The cold war has established the framework for most

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) is a dark comedy film by Stanley Kubrick. The film deals with nuclear war which was a hot topic during the 50 's and 60 's. Americans were very paranoid about communists and nuclear war at this time. This film shows how ridiculous the paranoia about nuclear war through a sexual relationship allegory. The allegory deals with the masculine and the feminine. The masculine is an important part of the nuclear war efforts while the feminine takes a backseat. The feminine is displayed in men as a negative. The sexual allegory becomes funny through

This movie definitely displayed our thoughts and emotions dealing with the Cold War, right up to the very end. Our sentiments

Force turns everything into a thing. In other words, force takes away agency, the power to act upon free will, from both the victims and the users of the force, turning them into no more than objects. The Cold War was a clash between two superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union, over two different political ideologies and took away the agency of many people in the process. The movie, The Manchurian Candidate, directed by John Frankenheimer, depicts the United States during the Cold War. In the movie, a brainwashed main character, Raymond Shaw, is treated as a tool by his parents and communists to rise into power. Moreover, the director uses various cinematic techniques to demonstrate how the political and international forces can easily turn an individual into a tool by taking the agency away. Although the Cold War is often romanticized as a war between good and evil, during the Cold War period, regardless of the sides, exercising the great forces in the political and international conflicts eventually ended up taking many people’s agency away.

Star Wars incorporated espionage, satellite states, and weapons of mass destruction; all characteristics of the Cold War. The death star represents nuclear missiles during the Cold War, princes Leia uploading plans of the death star to the rebellion relates to espionage, and Cloud City from The Empire Strikes Back reflects a satellite state. The text is at a junior in college reading level. The author knows his history and knows the Star Wars trilogy, he is simply connecting the dots. He has no direct quotes from George Lucas, but his connections are logical. This article correlates Star Wars with the Cold War. It has direct comparisons of real life examples that are copied onto the Star Wars movies. The Cold War had a social impact throughout the world. This text addresses peoples nuclear concerns, imperialism of the two super powers, and distrust in the government. There are direct examples of the Cold War influence in the Star Wars

The Vietnam film is a specific sub-genre of the conventional Hollywood war film that arose as a result of the 1960s counter culture. According to Elliot Stegall’s article Ideological, Dystopic, and Antimythopoetic Formations of Masculinity in the Vietnam War Film many American war films depicted the glorification of war and emphasized the concept of American masculinity (Stegall). Previous to the Vietnam period, Hollywood war films stuck to contemporary tropes. These films often re-enact the idea of good versus evil in which the male hero of the film triumphantly fights for their country against a vilified enemy; thus reinforcing the American ideology of conquering the frontier (Schweitzer 67). The hollywood war films are often enjoyable

In the 1960’s, computer technology was starting to overcome much of modern life and this new technology has increased concern about whether humans had command over the use of nuclear weapons or can control nuclear weapons. With respect to this statement the research question for this article is the movie Fail Safe more fact than fiction? How plausible is accidental nuclear war?

War has been present since the beginning of human history. Likewise, war movies have been present since the movie industry began. Just like most other genres of film, war films have been created as a form of entertainment to profit a person or organization. More people are willing to spend their money and time on a feeling of action, excitement, heroism, and patriotism than gruesome and horrid images of real and common human destruction. Propaganda has been used by governments for a very long time and when motion pictures came into existence, governments almost immediately saw the new medium as an opportunity to influence the public. Governments such as the United States of America, cooperate with the movie industry to

The ‘Cold War’ is one of the most interesting ‘wars’ fought in world history. The sheer number of countries both directly and indirectly involved is enough to pose the question – To what extent was the Cold War a truly Global War? This essay will examine this idea. It will identify two main areas of argument, focusing on the earlier part of the conflict (1945-1963). Firstly it will examine the growing US and Soviet influence in the world post 1945. Secondly it will examine three main conflicts, the Berlin Blockade, the Korean War and the Cuban Missile Crisis that these two super powers were involved in. Overall this essay will argue that the Cold War was no doubt a truly global war.

In “the film “Dr. Strangelove”, Stanley Kubrick took a difficult issue and transformed it into a political comedy. He parodies the dangerous idea of an atomic war and the crazy people who were planning it. Moreover, he tends to the issue of stereotyping. General Jack Ripper is the main character in the film who is in the U.S. Air Force and goes completely insane, and sends bomber wings to destroy the U.S.S.R. He thinks that the communists are conspiring to pollute the "precious bodily fluids" of the American people. When the U.S. President finds out he meets with his advisors, nuclear scientist, Turgidson, and Dr. Strangelove a former Nazi in the War Room to discuss how to stop the attack on the Soviet Union from turning into a nuclear war. President Muffley brings Soviet ambassador Alexi de Sadesky into the War Room and calls Soviet Premier Dimitri Kisov on the phone to inform both on the situation. Mr. Sadesky then tells the President Muffley that if the U.S.S.R. is hit by nuclear weapons, they will release their doomsday device which is said can destroy all life on Earth. Now everyone in the War Room are displeased to learn about the Doomsday Device and not knowing when it will be activated if any of Ripper’s bomber wings hits their targets. While they were thinking up a plan to stop the bomber wings Major T.J. “King Kong” on B-52 bomber wing was working on his following orders to deploy the bomb and deploy it fast before the Soviet Union finds out what he is doing