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Revisiting Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Revisiting Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

The return of Cold War emotions and frames make this movie more salient.

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Steward Beckham
Mar 19, 2022
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The BAKER test of Operation Crossroads, July 25, 1946. Seconds after the water column rose, and formed a condensation cloud, it fell back, unleashing a billowing base surge forming a 500 foot high wall. Courtesy of Shutterstock and the Everett Collection.

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