Research Paper Sources: The Relationship between Video Games and US Foreign Policy Unlisted

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A list of the books (one of many types of sources but most pertinent to here) read and cited in some manner for a research paper in my history of US foreign policy class Fall '22. Presented at a pop culture convention and an academic conference!

  1. Joystick Soldiers by , , , and 15 others

    5 stars

    Joystick Soldiers is the first anthology to examine the reciprocal relationship between militarism and video games. War has been an …

  2. Inventing Vietnam by , , , and 10 others

    4 stars

    The Vietnam War has been depicted by every available medium, each presenting a message, an agenda, of what the filmmakers …

  3. Newsgames by 

    4 stars

    Journalism has embraced digital media in its struggle to survive. But most online journalism just translates existing practices to the …

  4. Persuasive Games by 

    3 stars

    An exploration of the way videogames mount arguments and make expressive statements about the world that analyzes their unique persuasive …

  5. Pulp Vietnam by 

    No rating

    In this compelling evaluation of Cold War popular culture, Pulp Vietnam explores how men's adventure magazines helped shape the attitudes …

  6. Virtuous War by 

    No rating

    Virtuous War is the first book to map the emergence and judge the consequences of a new military-industrial-media-entertainment network. James …

  7. Devil's Bargain by 

    3 stars

    From the reporter who was there at the very beginning comes the revealing inside story of the partnership between Steve …

  8. Manufacturing Consent by ,

    4 stars

    In this work, Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky show that, contrary to the usual image of the news media …

  9. Joystick Nation by 

    3 stars

    In a scant fifteen years, video and computer games have grown into a $6-billion-a-year global industry, sucking up ever-increasing amounts …

  10. The Ultimate History of Video Games by 

    4 stars

    Based on more than 500 first-hand interviews with the creative geniuses and inspired crazies who transformed a back-room novelty into …

  11. The Spitting Image by 

    5 stars

    One of the most resilient images of the Vietnam era is that of the anti-war protester ― often a woman …

  12. The Military-Entertainment Complex by ,

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    With the rise of drones and computer-controlled weapons, the line between war and video games continues to blur. In this …

  13. Understanding Power by , ,

    5 stars

    Noam Chomsky remains one of our preeminent public intellectuals, a thinker whose works on international politics and the media are …

  14. Bound to Lead by ,

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    Is America still Number 1? A leading scholar of international politics and former State Department official takes issue with Paul …

  15. Soft Power by 

    4 stars

    Joseph Nye coined the term "soft power" in the late 1980s. It is now used frequently—and often incorrectly—by political leaders, …

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