War stars : the superweapon and the American imagination /

War stars : the superweapon and the American imagination / H. Bruce Franklin.

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Shortly after H.G. Wells published War of the Worlds, in which Martians decimate humanity, an American author countered with a buoyantly optimistic sequel, Edison's Conquest of Mars--the great Thomas Edison invents a disintegrator beam which exterminates the aliens and unifies Earth behind Amer...

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Main Author: Franklin, H. Bruce (Howard Bruce), 1934-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1988.
Subjects:
Military weapons > United States > History.
Weapons systems > United States > History.
War and society > United States.
Science fiction, American > History and criticism.
War films > United States > History and criticism.
War in literature.
Military policy.
Military weapons.
Science fiction, American.
War and society.
War films.
Weapons systems.
United States > Military policy.
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.

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Call Number: UF533 .F73 1988
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