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!
Research Paper Sources: The Relationship between Video Games and US Foreign Policy Unlisted
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Joystick Soldiers by Matthew Thomas Payne, Nina B. Huntemann, Ian Bogost, 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 …
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Inventing Vietnam by Cynthia J. Fuchs, John Hellmann, David Desser, and 10 others (Culture and the Moving Image)
4 stars
The Vietnam War has been depicted by every available medium, each presenting a message, an agenda, of what the filmmakers …
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4 stars
Journalism has embraced digital media in its struggle to survive. But most online journalism just translates existing practices to the …
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Persuasive Games by Ian Bogost
3 stars
An exploration of the way videogames mount arguments and make expressive statements about the world that analyzes their unique persuasive …
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Pulp Vietnam by Gregory A. Daddis
In this compelling evaluation of Cold War popular culture, Pulp Vietnam explores how men's adventure magazines helped shape the attitudes …
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Virtuous War by James Der Derian
Virtuous War is the first book to map the emergence and judge the consequences of a new military-industrial-media-entertainment network. James …
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Devil's Bargain by Joshua Green
3 stars
From the reporter who was there at the very beginning comes the revealing inside story of the partnership between Steve …
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Manufacturing Consent by Edward S. Herman, Noam Chomsky
4 stars
In this work, Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky show that, contrary to the usual image of the news media …
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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 …
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The Ultimate History of Video Games by Steven L. Kent
3 stars
Based on more than 500 first-hand interviews with the creative geniuses and inspired crazies who transformed a back-room novelty into …
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The Spitting Image by Jerry Lembcke
5 stars
One of the most resilient images of the Vietnam era is that of the anti-war protester ― often a woman …
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The Military-Entertainment Complex by Tim Lenoir, Luke Caldwell
With the rise of drones and computer-controlled weapons, the line between war and video games continues to blur. In this …
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Understanding Power by Noam Chomsky, John Schoeffel, R. Mitchell
5 stars
Noam Chomsky remains one of our preeminent public intellectuals, a thinker whose works on international politics and the media are …
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Bound to Lead by Joseph S. Nye, Eric Alterman
Is America still Number 1? A leading scholar of international politics and former State Department official takes issue with Paul …
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4 stars
Joseph Nye coined the term "soft power" in the late 1980s. It is now used frequently—and often incorrectly—by political leaders, …
