1. Introduction.- 2. Beginnings.- 3. Pre-Emptive Investigations.- 4. Suitcase Nukes.- 5. After the Blast.- 6. Apocalyptic Visions.- 7. EMP and Cyberterrorism.- 8. Bioterrorism.
David Seed is a professor in the English Department at Liverpool University, UK. In addition to single-author studies and critical collections, his publications include American Science Fiction and the Cold War (1999), Brainwashing: The Fictions of Mind Control (2004), Cinematic Fictions (2010), and Under the Shadow: The Atomic Bomb and Cold War Narratives (2013). He is co-editor of the Science Fiction Texts and Studies series for Liverpool University Press.