>3. Is anyone aware of any good articles which explore the way 1950s science
>fiction films and TV dealt with the Cold War (and especially the Red Scare)?
>I know there must be something out there, but don't know where to start. I'm
 
Please, do absolutely include "Dr. Strangelove" in your review.  Not quite
science fiction, but the best satire of the cold war that there is.  You may
also find the sequel to "2001: Space Odyssey" remotely relevant, but it is
a bad movie, unlike the original.
 
Aris
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