It was not until Stanley Kubrick’s ‘Dr Strangelove: How I learnt to stop worrying and love the bomb’ was released in 1964 that a morbid representation of the potential sufferings was propelled into popular culture‚ ironically in the form of satire. The use of satire‚ or rather humour in the film
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Cat’s Cradle and Dr. Strangelove Dr. Strangelove and Cat’s Cradle both have similarities in their story line. They were written in the 1960’s by different authors‚ (Dr. Strangelove is a movie not a novel) and both mentioned and dealt with Communists‚ and involved scientists. Although they have their similarities‚ the common topics are of weapons of mass destruction‚ power‚ and a dark comedy. With both stories taking place during the “Red scare” there was always talk about not trusting anyone
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Militarism Militarism is the belief or desire of a government or people that a country should maintain a strong military capability and be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or promote national interests.[1] It can be more simply defined as a policy of glorifying military power and keeping a standing army always prepared for war. It has also been defined as "aggressiveness that involves the threat of using military force"‚[2] the "glorification of the ideas of a professional military class"
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Dr. Strangelove: Or how I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. – A textual and contextual analysis In 1964 with the Cold War at its peak‚ the Vietnam War about to get underway and the Cuban Missile Crisis still prominent in the minds of its audience ‘Dr. Strangelove: Or how I Learned to Stop worrying and Love the bomb’‚ was exposed to the world during perhaps‚ one of the most fragile and tense political climates of all time. Kubrick’s utterly ironic black comedy that plays on the possibility
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Japanese Militarism The recent spat between Japan and China is the latest in a series of outbursts between the two nations. What started as a Chinese objection to Japanese interpretation of history especially with reference to the latter’s acts against China during the fourth quarter of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century‚ has now snowballed into a major controversy which could threaten the fragile relationship between them. The current episode started simmering when
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more than likely have a strong military that have power within the government‚ referring to militarism. The concept of militarism states that it is “a strong military spirit or policy. [A] principle or policy of maintaining a large military establishment”[1]. Militarism goes beyond the thought of defense and battleship‚ it refers to the amount of power a military has over or with a government. With militarism comes the excessive spending on military and the military’s ability to have total control
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In 2010‚ the study that sparked the anti-vaccine movement was fully retracted from the journal which published it as a result of its author‚ Dr. Andrew Wakefield‚ being found to have a massive conflict of interest‚ amidst other ethical issues. Dr. Wakefield was employed by lawyers suing over alleged vaccine injuries (Novella‚ 2010). For the purpose of money‚ Dr. Wakefield sparked a worldwide debate over the legitimacy of vaccines as a whole‚ and has caused the deaths of thousands by proxy. The misinformed
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As never seen before‚ Americans are fascinated with military power. This is the issue that The New American Militarism addresses and is based on. This book explains how America as a nation has increased its dependence on war ultimately resulting in its normalization. Bacevich who is the author and a veteran of the Vietnam War points out that the very concept of war has morally deteriorated the American Identity as a whole and theorizes that” Americans have fallen prey to war which will result in
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On the face of it‚ Dr. Faustus is not an anti-Catholic play. Yet‚ once you have read into it certain aspects of the play - there are many anti-Catholic notions and views that Marlowe has placed within the text. If the reader has no prior knowledge of how the world was in the Sixteenth century‚ then they would probably not uncover Marlowe’s hidden messages. There are many issues dealt with in the play‚ yet‚ they all follow a route to anti-Catholicism. All of the ideas dealt with are reminiscent of
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The Factors that Gave Rise To Japanese Militarism Japan’s political journey from its quasi-democratic government in the 1920’s to its radical nationalism of the mid 1930’s‚ the collapse of democratic institutions‚ and the eventual military state was not an overnight transformation. There was no coup d’etat‚ no march on Rome‚ no storming of the Bastille. Instead‚ it was a political journey that allowed a semi-democratic nation to transform itself into a military dictatorship. The forces
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