In the world today, modern warfare is shaped to fight an enemy that cannot be faced head on. Once man stopped fighting wars hand to hand with guns and swords, he took to the skies to drop bombs and spray bullets. It was only a matter of time before the price was too high for the collateral damage to be worth it. This militaristic milestone was reached by the creation of the atomic bomb in 1945. They decimated the target area, leaving nothing but shadow and ash in its wake. The fallout of the bombs ended the initial war, but provided the spark necessary to start all subsequent wars to come. Based on the permanent changes to human society and psychology following the creation of the atomic bombs, it is a valid statement to say it was the most
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This was something brand new that no one expected and could barely comprehend, and without a moment of peace afterward the Cold War crept in like a shadow. Now technology existed that could vaporize people, level cities, and poison the soil in an instant. Instead of becoming stagnant as a society, people made the choice to psychologically cope with this new knowledge. First the government made the public feel safe by releasing animated films teaching, especially young children, how to react if a bomb warning was ever to occur. (RestTelevision). While it helped the American youth to feel “prepared”, they really would not have saved anyone if a nuclear attack was ever launched. On the other side of the coin, popular culture began to reflect and include atomic bombs. Comic books depicted heroes like superman, saving their cities from bombs and threats from outsider countries (Comics). This put children at ease and made them more comfortable with the idea of bombs in their everyday life. As the idea of nuclear bombs became more of an accepted truth, comic book writers added more to their characters by giving heroes their special abilities as a result of things such as radioactive spider bites, or lab accidents, namely in the Spiderman and Hulk series (How The Bomb Changed Everything). Now every aspect of modern pop culture is intertwined with war, nuclear weapons, lingering cold war espionage, and what might the world be like after a nuclear attack. Including famous books, such as C.S Lewis’ The Magician 's Nephew, and Orson Scott Card’s Ender’s Game. Movies new and old, have direct and indirect references to nuclear weapons. Steven Spielberg 's Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, the hero Indiana Jones survives a US hydrogen bomb test by hiding in a lead lined refrigerator (Nuclear Holocausts: Atomic War in Fiction). These key pieces of pop culture demonstrate the
This was something brand new that no one expected and could barely comprehend, and without a moment of peace afterward the Cold War crept in like a shadow. Now technology existed that could vaporize people, level cities, and poison the soil in an instant. Instead of becoming stagnant as a society, people made the choice to psychologically cope with this new knowledge. First the government made the public feel safe by releasing animated films teaching, especially young children, how to react if a bomb warning was ever to occur. (RestTelevision). While it helped the American youth to feel “prepared”, they really would not have saved anyone if a nuclear attack was ever launched. On the other side of the coin, popular culture began to reflect and include atomic bombs. Comic books depicted heroes like superman, saving their cities from bombs and threats from outsider countries (Comics). This put children at ease and made them more comfortable with the idea of bombs in their everyday life. As the idea of nuclear bombs became more of an accepted truth, comic book writers added more to their characters by giving heroes their special abilities as a result of things such as radioactive spider bites, or lab accidents, namely in the Spiderman and Hulk series (How The Bomb Changed Everything). Now every aspect of modern pop culture is intertwined with war, nuclear weapons, lingering cold war espionage, and what might the world be like after a nuclear attack. Including famous books, such as C.S Lewis’ The Magician 's Nephew, and Orson Scott Card’s Ender’s Game. Movies new and old, have direct and indirect references to nuclear weapons. Steven Spielberg 's Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, the hero Indiana Jones survives a US hydrogen bomb test by hiding in a lead lined refrigerator (Nuclear Holocausts: Atomic War in Fiction). These key pieces of pop culture demonstrate the