Equipping James Bond: Guns, Gadgets, and Technological Enthusiasm

223 Pages·2018·2.81 MB·English

by  Andre Millard

EQUIPPING JAMES BOND
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Equipping James Bond
Guns, Gadgets, and
Technological Enthusiasm
André Millard
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS BALTIMORE
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Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data
Names: Millard, A. J., author.
Title: Equipping James Bond : guns, gadgets, and technological enthusiasm /
André Millard.
Description: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018. | Includes
bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018004446| ISBN 9781421426648 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
ISBN 9781421426655 (electronic) | ISBN 1421426641 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
ISBN 142142665X (electronic)
Subjects: LCSH: Espionage— Technological innovations. | Bond, James
(Fictitious character)
Classification: LCC UB270 .M545 2018 | DDC 327.12028/4— dc23
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CONTENTS
List of Abbreviations vii
Introduction 1
001 The Technological Enthusiasts 5
002 The Secret Intelligence Ser vice 16
003 The Great War and the Threat of Modernity 27
004 Imagining the F uture: Technology on Film 39
005 Spy Films 50
006 Ian Fleming, Intelligence Officer 63
007 Equipment 74
008 Irregular Warriors 86
009 The Trea sure Hunt 95
010 Nuclear Anx i eties 108
011 Gadgets 118
012 Guns 131
013 The Special Relationship and the Cold War 142
014 The Technological Revolution 153
015 Into the Future 165
016 Keeping Up with the Times 177
Notes 191
Index 207
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ABBREVIATIONS
CR Casino Royale (New York: MJF Books, 1953)
DAF Diamonds Are Forever (1956), in More Gilt- Edged Bonds (New York:
Macmillan, 1965)
DN Doctor No (New York: Macmillan, 1958)
FRL From Russ ia with Love (New York: Macmillan, 1957)
FVK From a View to a Kill (1960), in Bonded Fleming (New York: Viking,
1965)
FYE For Your Eyes Only (1960), in Bonded Fleming (New York: Viking, 1965)
GF Goldfinger (New York: Macmillan, 1959)
HR “The Hildebrand Rarity” (1960), in Bonded Fleming (New York: Viking,
1965)
LLD Live and Let Die (1954), in More Gilt- Edged Bonds (New York:
Macmillan, 1965)
MGG The Man with the Golden Gun (New York: New American Library, 1965)
MR Moonraker (1955), in More Gilt- Edged Bonds (New York: Macmillan,
1965)
OCT Octopussy (New York: New American Library, 1966)
OHM On Her Majesty’s Secret Ser vice (1963), in James Bond Omnibus, vol. 2
(New York: MJF Books, 1992)
RSC “Risico” (1960), in Bonded Fleming (New York: Viking, 1965)
SLM The Spy Who Loved Me (New York: Viking, 1962)
TB Thunderball (1961), in James Bond Omnibus, vol. 2 (New York:
MJF Books, 1992)
YLT You Only Live Twice (1964), in James Bond Omnibus, vol. 2 (New York:
MJF Books, 1992)
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