TY  - GEN
T1  - Nuclear Freeze in a Cold War The Reagan Administration, Cultural Activism, and the End of the Arms Race
T2  - Book collections on Project MUSE.
A1  - Knoblauch, William M.
LA  - English
PP  - Amherst
PB  - University of Massachusetts Press
YR  - 2017
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_dda_on1007992745
AB  - The early 1980s were a tense time. The nuclear arms race was escalating, Reagan administration officials bragged about winning a nuclear war, and superpower diplomatic relations were at a new low. Nuclear war was a real possibility and antinuclear activism surged. By 1982 the Nuclear Freeze campaign had become the largest peace movement in American history. In support, celebrities, authors, publishers, and filmmakers saturated popular culture with critiques of Reagan's arms buildup, which threatened to turn public opinion against the president. Alarmed, the Reagan administration worked to co-opt the rhetoric of the nuclear freeze and contain antinuclear activism. Recently declassified White House memoranda reveal a concerted campaign to defeat activists' efforts. In this book, William M. Knoblauch examines these new sources, as well as the influence of notable personalities like Carl Sagan and popular culture such as the film The Day After, to demonstrate how cultural activism ultimately influenced the administration's shift in rhetoric and, in time, its stance on the arms race.--
OP  - 135
CN  - U264 .K595 2017
SN  - 9781613765067
SN  - 1613765061
SN  - 9781625342751 (pbk. : alk. paper)
SN  - 9781625342744 (hbk. : alk. paper)
SN  - 1625342748
SN  - 1625342756 (pbk. : alk. paper)
SN  - 9781625342751
SN  - 1625342756
SN  - 9781625342744
KW  - Reagan, Ronald : Political and social views.
KW  - Reagan, Ronald
KW  - Cold War.
KW  - Arms race : History : 20th century.
KW  - Antinuclear movement : History.
KW  - Nuclear disarmament : History : 20th century.
KW  - United States : Politics and government : 1981-1989.
KW  - Guerre froide.
KW  - Course aux armements : Histoire : 20e siècle.
KW  - Mouvement antinucléaire : Histoire.
KW  - Désarmement nucléaire : Histoire : 20e siècle.
KW  - États-Unis : Politique et gouvernement : 1981-1989.
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / International
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE / General
KW  - Antinuclear movement
KW  - Arms race
KW  - Nuclear disarmament
KW  - Political and social views
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - United States
KW  - 1900-1999
KW  - History
ER  -