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The Persistence of a Nuclear Threat 17 2 For an interpretation of Wilsonian diplomacy which emphasizes how democraticrhetoric was employed in the defense of American economic interests, see Amo J. Mayer, Politics and Diplomacy o f Peacemaking (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1967). I For Ronald Reagan and Hollywood see Stephen Vaughn, Ronald Reagan in Hollywood: Movies and Politics (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1994), xi; Garry Wills, R eagan’s America: Innocents at Home (Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1987); Tony Shaw, H ollyw ood ’s Cold War (Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 2007); and Michael Paul Rogin, Ronald Reagan: The Movie and Other Episodes in Political Demonology> (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1987). 4 For accounts celebrating Reagan’s leadership and statecraft for ending the Cold War see D. Erik Felton, ed., A Shining City: The Legacy o f Ronald Reagan (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1998); and Dinesh D’Souza, Ronald Reagan: How an Ordinary Man Became an Extraordinary Leader (New York: Free Press, 1997). For more critical appraisals see William H. Chafe, The Unfinished Journey (New York: Oxford University Press, 1995), 489-492; and Rogin, Reagan: The Movie; and Haynes Johnson, Sleepwalking Through History: America in the Reagan Years (New York: W. W. Norton, 1991). 5 William J. Palmer, The Films o f the Eighties: A Social History (Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1993), 6; and Robert Burgoyne, Film Nation: H ollywood Looks at U. S. History (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 6-7. 6 For a critical reading expressing misgivings regarding the popular frenzy surrounding the Star Wars saga see Robin Wood, Hollywood from Vietnam to Reagan (New York: Columbia University Press, 1986), 164-174. 7 Jonathan Schell, The Fate o f the Earth (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982); Samuel McCracken, “Fate o f the Earth," National Review, 34 (July 23, 1982), 904; and Kai Erikson, New York Times Book Review, April 11, 1982, 3. * “TV as Rallying Force,” New York Times, November 21, 1983, A1 and 35; and Robert McFadden, “Atomic War Film Provokes Nationwide Discussion,” New York Times, November 22, 1983, A3; Anthony Lewis, “The Question After,” New York Times, November 21, 1983, A21; George H. W. Bush, “Preserving Peace Through Deterrence,” New York Times, November 21, 1983, A21; and Palmer, The Films o f the Eighties, 194— 200. 9 International Movie Data Base, “ Testament,” www.imdb.com/ (June 20, 2006). 10 David Sterritt, “ Testament," Christian Science Monitor, November 25, 1983, 43; and David Sterritt, “ Testament," Christian Science Monitor, December 29, 1983, 19. II David Denby, “ Testament," New York, November 14, 1983, 117. 12 Karen Valenzuela, “ Testament," Film Quarterly (Spring 1984), 47. 13 Sheila Johnston, “ Testament," Monthly Film Bulletin, March 1984, 89; and John Coleman, “ Testament," New Statesman, March 9, 1984, 29. 14 Rex Reed, “ Testament," New York Post, November 4, 1983, 49. 15 Seymour M. Hersh, The Target Is Destroyed: What Really Happened to Flight 007 and What America Knew About It (New York: Random House, 1986); and Chafe, Unfinished Journey, 477-478. 16 Gale Reference Group, “John Milius,” Contemporary Authors (Detroit, Michigan: Thomson Gale, 2004). 17 Vincent Canby, “Cockeyed at Red Dawn," New York Times, September 16, 1984, B19; and David Denby, “Red Dawn," New York, August 20, 1984, 90.