Dr. Strangelove Themes
Visions of America: The Cold War
This mega-tense period of world history started not long after WWII ended, when former allies the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. started squaring off over territory, control, and political economic policies...
Warfare
Dr. Strangelove is probably one of the funniest movies about nuclear war ever made. Come to think of it, there probably haven't been that many funny movies about nuclear war, but still. This classi...
Power
There's all kind of power being thrown around in Dr. Strangelove. First, we've got the deadly power of nuclear bombs and the Doomsday Machine. We've also got political power, which in this story is...
Patriotism
It's good to be patriotic, right? Patriots are heroes, and if you want to label something as heroic, stick the word "patriot" on it. Someone in the administration probably stayed up all week to thi...