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We are all familiar with the idea of the action hero as a latterday avenger with a gun—Dirty Harry, Chuck Norris' screen heroes, Rambo. Yet, how did the idea of such heroes emerge in the first place? Why did it explode as it did in the 1970s and, still more, the 1980s, defining the Hollywood action films of that decade? And why did it fall out of fashion? PARAMILITARY ACTION-ADVENTURE FICTION: A HISTORY examines all these questions, and much more, as it traces the rise of paramilitary action heroes in the tensions and fears underlying the civil image of the nineteenth century, through the stresses of the world wars and the Cold War, to the emergence by the 1960s of commandos fighting undeclared wars on the streets of urban America—and the evolution of that image in the half century since.
Book Synopsis Paramilitary Action-Adventure Fiction by : Nader Elhefnawy
Download or read book Paramilitary Action-Adventure Fiction written by Nader Elhefnawy and published by Nader Elhefnawy. This book was released on 2020-02-16 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We are all familiar with the idea of the action hero as a latterday avenger with a gun—Dirty Harry, Chuck Norris' screen heroes, Rambo. Yet, how did the idea of such heroes emerge in the first place? Why did it explode as it did in the 1970s and, still more, the 1980s, defining the Hollywood action films of that decade? And why did it fall out of fashion? PARAMILITARY ACTION-ADVENTURE FICTION: A HISTORY examines all these questions, and much more, as it traces the rise of paramilitary action heroes in the tensions and fears underlying the civil image of the nineteenth century, through the stresses of the world wars and the Cold War, to the emergence by the 1960s of commandos fighting undeclared wars on the streets of urban America—and the evolution of that image in the half century since.
How did science fiction emerge as a genre? What ideas—obsessions—drove its writers? And their readers? How and why has science fiction changed over time—and how has it not changed at all? And what does science fiction mean to people today? This collection by Cyberpunk, Steampunk and Wizardry and The End of Science Fiction? author Nader Elhefnawy takes up these questions and, focusing on those aspects of the field few care (or dare) to acknowledge looks past the clichès of the genre's history to offer some surprising answers about what science fiction has really been all about—and just where science fiction may be going in the years ahead.
Book Synopsis The Secret History of Science Fiction by : Nader Elhefnawy
Download or read book The Secret History of Science Fiction written by Nader Elhefnawy and published by Nader Elhefnawy. This book was released on 2022-01-02 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How did science fiction emerge as a genre? What ideas—obsessions—drove its writers? And their readers? How and why has science fiction changed over time—and how has it not changed at all? And what does science fiction mean to people today? This collection by Cyberpunk, Steampunk and Wizardry and The End of Science Fiction? author Nader Elhefnawy takes up these questions and, focusing on those aspects of the field few care (or dare) to acknowledge looks past the clichès of the genre's history to offer some surprising answers about what science fiction has really been all about—and just where science fiction may be going in the years ahead.
Al Molnar is the author of four best selling novels, Mission: Hong Kong 1944-1945; Mission: Alpine Redoubt; The Land Beyond Time, An Adventure in the Amazon; and Sweet Revenge, An Adventure in East Africa. He is also the contributing author to World War II in Europe: An Encyclopedia. Al spent over 20 years in the military, 10 in the USMC and 10 in the US Army retiring as a Chief Warrant Offi cer. He was awarded two Purple Hearts for wounds received in combat in Vietnam, as well as 53 other medals, citations and commendations. Currently Al resided in Diamondhead, Mississippi. Hours before testifying to a US Congressional Committee investigating the oil industry for abuses and price gouging, an oil Company CEO, about to reveal a 70 year old secret, is shockingly executed along with his entire family. Or so they thought. The Secret would remain hidden . . . the executions – were meant to send a message to anyone who thinks they can betray the Circle. Or so they thought. Little did they know that someone kept a diary of those secret events that happened over 70 years ago in pre-war Nazi Germany . . . It is about to be discovered. So begins this fast paced action adventure novel . . . which takes place in Nov/Dec 2005, when two lives become intertwined today and in the past. It is a story about how far individuals will go to protect their corporation profi ts; their use of deception and the manipulation of the press and people, via their fears and gullibility. It is a story of the lies, secret deals and other efforts to expand their bottom line, their profi ts . . . . It is the story of their ignoring the rules and laws of mankind . . . Finally, it is the story of their total disregard for the world’s most precious resource, the human being . . . proving that BLOOD IS CHEAPER THAN OIL. This is a work of FICTION. Or is it?
Book Synopsis BLOOD CHEAPER THAN OIL by : Alexander Molnar Jr
Download or read book BLOOD CHEAPER THAN OIL written by Alexander Molnar Jr and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2007-09-05 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Al Molnar is the author of four best selling novels, Mission: Hong Kong 1944-1945; Mission: Alpine Redoubt; The Land Beyond Time, An Adventure in the Amazon; and Sweet Revenge, An Adventure in East Africa. He is also the contributing author to World War II in Europe: An Encyclopedia. Al spent over 20 years in the military, 10 in the USMC and 10 in the US Army retiring as a Chief Warrant Offi cer. He was awarded two Purple Hearts for wounds received in combat in Vietnam, as well as 53 other medals, citations and commendations. Currently Al resided in Diamondhead, Mississippi. Hours before testifying to a US Congressional Committee investigating the oil industry for abuses and price gouging, an oil Company CEO, about to reveal a 70 year old secret, is shockingly executed along with his entire family. Or so they thought. The Secret would remain hidden . . . the executions – were meant to send a message to anyone who thinks they can betray the Circle. Or so they thought. Little did they know that someone kept a diary of those secret events that happened over 70 years ago in pre-war Nazi Germany . . . It is about to be discovered. So begins this fast paced action adventure novel . . . which takes place in Nov/Dec 2005, when two lives become intertwined today and in the past. It is a story about how far individuals will go to protect their corporation profi ts; their use of deception and the manipulation of the press and people, via their fears and gullibility. It is a story of the lies, secret deals and other efforts to expand their bottom line, their profi ts . . . . It is the story of their ignoring the rules and laws of mankind . . . Finally, it is the story of their total disregard for the world’s most precious resource, the human being . . . proving that BLOOD IS CHEAPER THAN OIL. This is a work of FICTION. Or is it?
PAYBACK! America's disorganized military evacuation from the Hell on Earth called Afghanistan left ace CIA field agent Jack Cody with a bitter, dissatisfied fire in his gut. Maybe it was strategically viable, but too much good was being left undone in a country that had fallen into wholesale slaughter and savagery following America's withdrawal. Now, the Taliban is in power, and no one is safe. But when the US government learns that a handful of American military personnel may have been left behind and are being held prisoner by a cruel Taliban warlord somewhere in that godforsaken country, nothing can stop the man they call Suicide Cody from launching a one-man dark-op mission to locate their people and bring them home . . . or die trying! From Stephen Mertz, the modern master of action-adventure novels, comes this hard-hitting saga of combat and heroism. "Stephen Mertz is a Grandmaster of action/adventure!" -MensAdventureMagazine&Books.com
Book Synopsis Afghanistan Payback: An Adventure Series by : Stephen Mertz
Download or read book Afghanistan Payback: An Adventure Series written by Stephen Mertz and published by Cody's War. This book was released on 2022-05-25 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PAYBACK! America's disorganized military evacuation from the Hell on Earth called Afghanistan left ace CIA field agent Jack Cody with a bitter, dissatisfied fire in his gut. Maybe it was strategically viable, but too much good was being left undone in a country that had fallen into wholesale slaughter and savagery following America's withdrawal. Now, the Taliban is in power, and no one is safe. But when the US government learns that a handful of American military personnel may have been left behind and are being held prisoner by a cruel Taliban warlord somewhere in that godforsaken country, nothing can stop the man they call Suicide Cody from launching a one-man dark-op mission to locate their people and bring them home . . . or die trying! From Stephen Mertz, the modern master of action-adventure novels, comes this hard-hitting saga of combat and heroism. "Stephen Mertz is a Grandmaster of action/adventure!" -MensAdventureMagazine&Books.com
Matthew "Tex" Miller has no choice but to work with Jordon "Jazz" Bergeron when they're assigned to the same unit, but he doesn't have to like it. Jazz gets under his skin in all the wrong ways until one night when Jazz begs Tex for a kiss and everything changes. Matthew won't be played, but he won't ignore a hot body when one is offered up. What started off as lust and revenge turns into molten passion, igniting a burning hot fire. Jazz and Tex's unit is called out to patrol the city, but disaster strikes, killing some on their team and leaving Matthew without Jazz. Matthew begins questioning authority and is assigned to a new team, one that focuses on extracting hostages from war zones. On Matthew's first extraction he finds someone who will change his life forever. Jazz has lost more then a leg and he's drifting. He can't stand the thought of Matthew seeing him so broken, but he can't let go of the beautiful man from Texas who stole his heart. When Matthew is offered a place at Wild Bluff, he's given a chance to find Jazz. But will Jazz take a leap of faith and join Matthew on the ranch or retreat further into himself? *Previously published under a different name
Book Synopsis Colorado Connection by : Samuel York
Download or read book Colorado Connection written by Samuel York and published by . This book was released on 2021-07-16 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Matthew "Tex" Miller has no choice but to work with Jordon "Jazz" Bergeron when they're assigned to the same unit, but he doesn't have to like it. Jazz gets under his skin in all the wrong ways until one night when Jazz begs Tex for a kiss and everything changes. Matthew won't be played, but he won't ignore a hot body when one is offered up. What started off as lust and revenge turns into molten passion, igniting a burning hot fire. Jazz and Tex's unit is called out to patrol the city, but disaster strikes, killing some on their team and leaving Matthew without Jazz. Matthew begins questioning authority and is assigned to a new team, one that focuses on extracting hostages from war zones. On Matthew's first extraction he finds someone who will change his life forever. Jazz has lost more then a leg and he's drifting. He can't stand the thought of Matthew seeing him so broken, but he can't let go of the beautiful man from Texas who stole his heart. When Matthew is offered a place at Wild Bluff, he's given a chance to find Jazz. But will Jazz take a leap of faith and join Matthew on the ranch or retreat further into himself? *Previously published under a different name
The first comprehensive study of how images of male beauty are projected onto society, Behold the Man: The Hype and Selling of Male Beauty in Media and Culture examines the role media and society play in creating the image of the idealized male. This book explores how these images are interpreted by all genders and sexual orientations in order to investigate the phenomenon’s effect on the self-esteem of adolescent and adult males. Behold the Man provides you with research and examples that identify this problem from many angles to help you realize that being a man is more than merely possessing muscles and good looks. Discussing examples in which both attractive men and women are idealized as “the norm,” Behold the Man argues that men are experiencing the same injustices as women--splashed on the covers of magazines and in advertisements, based on their sex appeal, sometimes to promote nothing more than their looks. Within Behold the Man, you‘ll find topics that relate to the reasons for and effects of male beauty standards, such as: aspects of male beauty, from Ancient Greek ideals to how it is visualized throughout history in art the vision of “the ideal male,” along with sexual connotations, in advertisements for clothing, cologne, sunglasses, automobiles, and shaving products the emphasis of strong, well-built males and their bodies in movies, music videos, and literature how men alter their bodies by dieting and cosmetic surgery to achieve the look found in advertisements today’s growing numbers of male eating disorders caused by the notion that only good-looking, muscular men are acceptable reasons behind the exploitation of the male body and the double standards for male beauty found within gay male communities how advertisers and authors faithfully follow the “bigger is better” theory--from pectoral and bicep muscles to penis size Recognizing how society has created and changed the appearance of the ideal male, this text explains to you the danger men of all ages face who feel they need to be physically handsome to be desirable. From Behold the Man, you’ll learn about the real messages of advertising and media, the problems they cause, and that true self-worth cannot be measured by physical attributes.
Book Synopsis Behold the Man by : Edisol Dotson
Download or read book Behold the Man written by Edisol Dotson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-03-04 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first comprehensive study of how images of male beauty are projected onto society, Behold the Man: The Hype and Selling of Male Beauty in Media and Culture examines the role media and society play in creating the image of the idealized male. This book explores how these images are interpreted by all genders and sexual orientations in order to investigate the phenomenon’s effect on the self-esteem of adolescent and adult males. Behold the Man provides you with research and examples that identify this problem from many angles to help you realize that being a man is more than merely possessing muscles and good looks. Discussing examples in which both attractive men and women are idealized as “the norm,” Behold the Man argues that men are experiencing the same injustices as women--splashed on the covers of magazines and in advertisements, based on their sex appeal, sometimes to promote nothing more than their looks. Within Behold the Man, you‘ll find topics that relate to the reasons for and effects of male beauty standards, such as: aspects of male beauty, from Ancient Greek ideals to how it is visualized throughout history in art the vision of “the ideal male,” along with sexual connotations, in advertisements for clothing, cologne, sunglasses, automobiles, and shaving products the emphasis of strong, well-built males and their bodies in movies, music videos, and literature how men alter their bodies by dieting and cosmetic surgery to achieve the look found in advertisements today’s growing numbers of male eating disorders caused by the notion that only good-looking, muscular men are acceptable reasons behind the exploitation of the male body and the double standards for male beauty found within gay male communities how advertisers and authors faithfully follow the “bigger is better” theory--from pectoral and bicep muscles to penis size Recognizing how society has created and changed the appearance of the ideal male, this text explains to you the danger men of all ages face who feel they need to be physically handsome to be desirable. From Behold the Man, you’ll learn about the real messages of advertising and media, the problems they cause, and that true self-worth cannot be measured by physical attributes.
Al Molnar is the author of four best selling novels, Mission: Hong Kong 1944-1945; Mission: Alpine Redoubt; The Land Beyond Time, An Adventure in the Amazon; and Sweet Revenge, An Adventure in East Africa. He is also the contributing author to World War II in Europe: An Encyclopedia. Al spent over 20 years in the military, 10 in the USMC and 10 in the US Army retiring as a Chief Warrant Offi cer. He was awarded two Purple Hearts for wounds received in combat in Vietnam, as well as 53 other medals, citations and commendations. Currently Al resided in Diamondhead, Mississippi. Hours before testifying to a US Congressional Committee investigating the oil industry for abuses and price gouging, an oil Company CEO, about to reveal a 70 year old secret, is shockingly executed along with his entire family. Or so they thought. The Secret would remain hidden . . . the executions were meant to send a message to anyone who thinks they can betray the Circle. Or so they thought. Little did they know that someone kept a diary of those secret events that happened over 70 years ago in pre-war Nazi Germany . . . It is about to be discovered. So begins this fast paced action adventure novel . . . which takes place in Nov/Dec 2005, when two lives become intertwined today and in the past. It is a story about how far individuals will go to protect their corporation profi ts; their use of deception and the manipulation of the press and people, via their fears and gullibility. It is a story of the lies, secret deals and other efforts to expand their bottom line, their profi ts . . . . It is the story of their ignoring the rules and laws of mankind . . . Finally, it is the story of their total disregard for the world's most precious resource, the human being . . . proving that BLOOD IS CHEAPER THAN OIL. This is a work of FICTION. Or is it?
Book Synopsis Blood Cheaper Than Oil by : Alexander Molnar
Download or read book Blood Cheaper Than Oil written by Alexander Molnar and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2007-09 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Al Molnar is the author of four best selling novels, Mission: Hong Kong 1944-1945; Mission: Alpine Redoubt; The Land Beyond Time, An Adventure in the Amazon; and Sweet Revenge, An Adventure in East Africa. He is also the contributing author to World War II in Europe: An Encyclopedia. Al spent over 20 years in the military, 10 in the USMC and 10 in the US Army retiring as a Chief Warrant Offi cer. He was awarded two Purple Hearts for wounds received in combat in Vietnam, as well as 53 other medals, citations and commendations. Currently Al resided in Diamondhead, Mississippi. Hours before testifying to a US Congressional Committee investigating the oil industry for abuses and price gouging, an oil Company CEO, about to reveal a 70 year old secret, is shockingly executed along with his entire family. Or so they thought. The Secret would remain hidden . . . the executions were meant to send a message to anyone who thinks they can betray the Circle. Or so they thought. Little did they know that someone kept a diary of those secret events that happened over 70 years ago in pre-war Nazi Germany . . . It is about to be discovered. So begins this fast paced action adventure novel . . . which takes place in Nov/Dec 2005, when two lives become intertwined today and in the past. It is a story about how far individuals will go to protect their corporation profi ts; their use of deception and the manipulation of the press and people, via their fears and gullibility. It is a story of the lies, secret deals and other efforts to expand their bottom line, their profi ts . . . . It is the story of their ignoring the rules and laws of mankind . . . Finally, it is the story of their total disregard for the world's most precious resource, the human being . . . proving that BLOOD IS CHEAPER THAN OIL. This is a work of FICTION. Or is it?
Vietnam signaled the end of America's long history of martial victories. In Warrior Dreams, James William Gibson argues that the shame of defeat by a technologically inferior enemy, compounded by challenges to the status quo from feminism and minority groups, created a profound crisis in American identity - particularly for the white American male - and gave birth to a disturbing and reactionary new war culture designed to make America well again. Armed with a journalist's curiosity and a critic's precision, Gibson sets out to map this new American war zone. He plays paintball with Los Angeles's weekend warriors, learns to shoot like a pro at Arizona's elite Gunsite Ranch, and parties with soldiers of fortune at their annual convention in Las Vegas. Gibson surveys the combat magazines and weapons advertisements, films and novels that fuel the sexual, violent fantasies of millions of would-be warriors across the country. And he shows how this mythology, far from harmless consumer entertainment, has indeed started a new war with real warriors - Aryan Nation, contract killers, mercenaries in Central America - and with dangerous consequences for our democracy.
Book Synopsis Warrior Dreams by : James William Gibson
Download or read book Warrior Dreams written by James William Gibson and published by Hill & Wang. This book was released on 1994 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vietnam signaled the end of America's long history of martial victories. In Warrior Dreams, James William Gibson argues that the shame of defeat by a technologically inferior enemy, compounded by challenges to the status quo from feminism and minority groups, created a profound crisis in American identity - particularly for the white American male - and gave birth to a disturbing and reactionary new war culture designed to make America well again. Armed with a journalist's curiosity and a critic's precision, Gibson sets out to map this new American war zone. He plays paintball with Los Angeles's weekend warriors, learns to shoot like a pro at Arizona's elite Gunsite Ranch, and parties with soldiers of fortune at their annual convention in Las Vegas. Gibson surveys the combat magazines and weapons advertisements, films and novels that fuel the sexual, violent fantasies of millions of would-be warriors across the country. And he shows how this mythology, far from harmless consumer entertainment, has indeed started a new war with real warriors - Aryan Nation, contract killers, mercenaries in Central America - and with dangerous consequences for our democracy.
The Mafia has turned paramilitary, and its target is the Executioner A twenty-seven-foot motor home cruises out of Denver and onto a barren Colorado highway. This is no ordinary RV—it is a warwagon, a high-tech mobile death machine, and with Mack Bolan at its wheel it is the deadliest weapon on earth. The Executioner has won many battles in his one-man war against the Mafia, but in the frozen wastes of Colorado, he will face his most dangerous mission of all. Led by a hardened veteran who’s as much of a tactical genius as Bolan, the kingpins of organized crime have put together a paramilitary outfit whose sole goal is to execute the Executioner. Colorado is a long way from Vietnam, but Bolan is about to find himself right back in the killing fields. Colorado Kill-Zone is the 25th book in the Executioner series, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
Book Synopsis Colorado Kill-Zone by : Don Pendleton
Download or read book Colorado Kill-Zone written by Don Pendleton and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2014-12-16 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Mafia has turned paramilitary, and its target is the Executioner A twenty-seven-foot motor home cruises out of Denver and onto a barren Colorado highway. This is no ordinary RV—it is a warwagon, a high-tech mobile death machine, and with Mack Bolan at its wheel it is the deadliest weapon on earth. The Executioner has won many battles in his one-man war against the Mafia, but in the frozen wastes of Colorado, he will face his most dangerous mission of all. Led by a hardened veteran who’s as much of a tactical genius as Bolan, the kingpins of organized crime have put together a paramilitary outfit whose sole goal is to execute the Executioner. Colorado is a long way from Vietnam, but Bolan is about to find himself right back in the killing fields. Colorado Kill-Zone is the 25th book in the Executioner series, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
How can those who seek to protect the "right to life" defend assassination in the name of saving lives? Carol Mason investigates this seeming paradox by examining pro-life literature—both archival material and writings from the front lines of the conflict. Her analysis reveals the apocalyptic thread that is the ideological link between established anti-abortion organizations and the more shadowy pro-life terrorists who subject clinic workers to anthrax scares, bombs, and bullets.The portrayal of abortion as "America's Armageddon" began in the 1960s. In the 1970s, Mason says, Christian politics and the post-Vietnam paramilitary culture popularized the idea that legal abortion is a harbinger of apocalypse. By the 1990s, Mason asserts, even the movement's mainstream had taken up the call, narrating abortion as an apocalyptic battle between so-called Christian and anti-Christian forces. "Pro-life violence of the 1990s signaled a move away from protest and toward retribution," she writes. "Pro-life retribution is seen as a way to restore the order of God. In this light, the phenomenon of killing for 'life' is revealed not as an oxymoron, but as a logical consistency and a political manifestation of religious retribution."Mason's scrutiny of primary sources (direct mail, internal memoranda, personal letters, underground manuals, and pro-life films, magazines, and novels) draws attention to elements of pro-life millennialism. Killing for Life is a powerful indictment of pro-life ideology as a coherent, mass-produced narrative that does not merely condone violence, but anticipates it as part of "God's plan."
Book Synopsis Killing for Life by : Carol Mason
Download or read book Killing for Life written by Carol Mason and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2018-08-06 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can those who seek to protect the "right to life" defend assassination in the name of saving lives? Carol Mason investigates this seeming paradox by examining pro-life literature—both archival material and writings from the front lines of the conflict. Her analysis reveals the apocalyptic thread that is the ideological link between established anti-abortion organizations and the more shadowy pro-life terrorists who subject clinic workers to anthrax scares, bombs, and bullets.The portrayal of abortion as "America's Armageddon" began in the 1960s. In the 1970s, Mason says, Christian politics and the post-Vietnam paramilitary culture popularized the idea that legal abortion is a harbinger of apocalypse. By the 1990s, Mason asserts, even the movement's mainstream had taken up the call, narrating abortion as an apocalyptic battle between so-called Christian and anti-Christian forces. "Pro-life violence of the 1990s signaled a move away from protest and toward retribution," she writes. "Pro-life retribution is seen as a way to restore the order of God. In this light, the phenomenon of killing for 'life' is revealed not as an oxymoron, but as a logical consistency and a political manifestation of religious retribution."Mason's scrutiny of primary sources (direct mail, internal memoranda, personal letters, underground manuals, and pro-life films, magazines, and novels) draws attention to elements of pro-life millennialism. Killing for Life is a powerful indictment of pro-life ideology as a coherent, mass-produced narrative that does not merely condone violence, but anticipates it as part of "God's plan."
