Seed, David

Discusses how the Cold War and the threat of nuclear war during that time period influenced the era's novelists, such as Pat Frank in his "Alas, Babylon," or Nevil Shute with "On the Beach." Explores the mindset of people during the Cold War towards nuclear attacks and the possibility of a third world war.

Examines science fiction literature and film produced in the United States from 1945 to the 1980s in an effort to discern the parallels between the genre and the Cold War.