Includes bibliographical references (pages [211]-274) and index.
Introduction: The strange tension of the Cold War -- The meanings of war and peace after 1945 -- Sex and democracy: Lady Chatterley's lover in Cold War Japan -- Hara Tamiki: first witness to the Cold War -- "The world lives in fear": Kamei Fumio's nuclear films -- The aesthetics of speed and the illogicality of politics: Ishihara Shintaro as a Cold War youth -- Conclusion: Cold War as culture