Advocating Weapons, War, and Terrorism by Ian E. J. Hill - 9780271081243

Advocating Weapons, War, and TerrorismTechnological and Rhetorical Paradox\nAuthor(s): Ian E. J. Hill\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Pennsylvania State University Press, United States\nImprint: Pennsylvania State University Press\nISBN-13: 9780271081243, 978-0271081243\nSynopsis\nTechn?s Paradoxa frequent theme in science fictionis the commonplace belief that technology has both the potential to annihilate humanity and to preserve it. Advocating Weapons, War, and Terrorism looks at how this paradox applies to some of the most dangerous of technologies: population bombs, dynamite bombs, chemical weapons, nuclear weapons, and improvised explosive devices.\n\nHills study analyzes the rhetoric used to promote such weapons in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. By examining Thomas R. Malthuss Essay on the Principle of Population, the courtroom address of accused Haymarket bomber August Spies, the army textbook Chemical Warfare by Major General Amos A. Fries and Clarence J. West, the l.