Literature Network » Jonathan Swift

The real meaning of Star Wars.

Content courtesy of

From: The Nation
Date: 19850309
Author:Thompson, E.P.P.

Not even Jonathan Swift could have imagined so savage a satire on human endeavor as Star Wars. With his Strategic Defense Initiative, Ronald Reagan proposes that in some twenty-five years, after expending some hundreds of billions of dollars, American technology will emerge with an impermeable shield against antiballistic missiles.

In his March 1983 speech unveiling Star Wars, the President, in a rhetorical aside, said that when the system was perfected the United States would generously reveal all its technology to the soviet Union so they, too, could have an impermeable ...

Read the rest of this article with a Free Trial at HighBeam Research.

Other Articles on Jonathan Swift

About Our Articles: We've partnered with Highbeam Research to provide these article excerpts for your research needs. However, due to copyright laws, we cannot publish the whole article. To view these articles in full length you'll need to use the link above to access the free trial at Highbeam.