The Sensibility of the State
Lookout Mountain Laboratory’s Operation Ivy and the Image of the Cold War “Super”
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12465329 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ned O’gorman (corresponding author), Kevin Hamilton (0000-0002-3560-8097) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-44 |
| Publication date | 2016-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Rhetoric and Public Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1094-8392 • E-ISSN: 1534-5238 |
| Publisher | Michigan State University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.14321/rhetpublaffa.19.1.0001 |
| OpenAlex | W2348665756 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 16 |
In 1953 a Hollywood-based U.S. Air Force film studio, Lookout Mountain Laboratory, produced a documentary film about America’s first detonation of a thermonuclear device, the 1952 “MIKE” device. The film, called Operation Ivy, was initially shown only to the highest-level government officials, but a later, edited version was eventually released for public distribution. We argue that the story of Operation Ivy illuminates not only the ways in which the rhetoric of the “Super” was managed but also the way in which the Cold War state was both subject to and productive of political and aesthetic sensibilities
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| Citations per year | 0.27 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2024 (10) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |