Blondes, Nukes and Decadence
What do Alfred Hitchcock’s blondes, Natalie Harp, Donald Trump, and tactical nuclear weapons have in common? Blondes, Nukes and Decadence explores a strange but revealing connection between image, power, and decline. Hitchcock showed how dangerous it can be when reality is forced to conform to fantasy. John Mearsheimer, from a very different angle, warns that renewed interest in tactical nuclear weapons may reveal not growing American strength, but weakening conventional military capacity. Between Trump’s politics of spectacle and America’s nuclear temptation, a disturbing question emerges…
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