Ranging widely across periods and conflicts real and imagined, this title explores the fascinating process of interaction between politics and literature, science fiction and war in a range of classic texts. It includes essays that explore Reagan's 'star wars' project, nuclear fiction, Martian invasion, and the Pax Americana among other topics. Editor(s): Seed, David. Series: Liverpool Science Fiction Texts & Studies. Num Pages: 302 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 618. . 2012. Hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Title: Future Wars
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Publication Date: 2012
Language: English
ISBN 10: 184631755X
ISBN 13: 9781846317552
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: New

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The subject of this timely book is that body of fiction which speculates in narrative form about the nature of wars likely to break out in the near or distant future. Although earlier instances occur, the origins of this mode lie primarily in the late nineteenth century but writing about future wars continues to this day with notable fiction on the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Ranging widely across periods and conflicts real and imagined, and boasting contributions from the late I. F. Clarke, H. Bruce Franklin and Patrick Parrinder, Future Wars explores the fascinating process of interaction between politics and literature, science fiction and war in a range of classic texts. Individual essays explore Reagan’s ‘star wars’ project, nuclear fiction, Martian invasion, and the Pax Americana among other topics. The use of future war scenarios in military planning dates back to the nineteenth century. Future Wars concludes with an assessment by an officer in the U.S. Army of the continuing usefulness of future wars fiction.

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David Seed is Professor of English at the University of Liverpool.

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