nuclear war

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• SOURCE: National Security Archive
  3/20/2023
  

  Strangelove on the Square: Secret USAF Films Showed Airmen What to Expect if Nuclear War Broke Out

  Air Force training films, with their bloodless procedural guidance for launching armageddon, provide a surreal insight into the Cold War that put Kubrick's absurdism to shame (yes, HNN will feature Dr. Strangelove-related content at any opportunity). 

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  3/23/2022
  

  Surveying Cold War Historians on the Likelihood of Nuclear War

  Is the relative weakness of today's Russian state compared to the Soviet Union a risk factor for escalation that was missing during the Cold War? 

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  12/15/2020
  

  Facebook Is a Doomsday Machine

  Facebook isn't exactly like they hypothetical "Doomsday Machine" theorized by Cold War nuclear deterrence experts. But its vast scope and capacity to distribute misinformation faster than in can be detected and corrected mean that lessons from the philosophy of nuclear annihilation are apt for understandign the danger of the social media giants. 

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• SOURCE: National History Center
  10/1/2020
  

  Washington History Seminar 10/2: Gambling with Armageddon: Nuclear Roulette from Hiroshima to the Cuban Missile Crisis, 1945-1962

  The National History Center, The Woodrow Wilson Center and Politics & Prose Books prouldy host Martin Sherwin on Gambling with Armageddon: Nuclear Roulette from Hiroshima to the Cuban Missile Crisis, 1945-1962. Friday, October 2, 6:00 PM. 

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• 11/17/19
  

  Which Would You Prefer―Nuclear War or Climate Catastrophe?

  by Lawrence Wittner

  A satirical examination of the threats facing the world. 

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• 7/28/19
  

  Dear Moderators of the Presidential Debates: How About Raising the Issue of How to Avert Nuclear War?

  by Lawrence Wittner

  That question might seem overwrought but, in fact, the U.S. government and others are increasing the role that nuclear weapons play in their “national security” policies. 

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• 12/2/18
  

  What Has Wheaties – Yes, the Breakfast Cereal – Got to Do with Nuclear Disarmament?

  by William Lambers

  It is the breakfast of champions and nuclear disarmament. 

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• SOURCE: National Security Archive
  11/5/18
  

  The Soviet Side of the 1983 War Scare

  Far from being a “non crisis” or a “war scare that wasn’t,” the 1983 US-Soviet confrontation is a profound representation of the “hair trigger” mindset toward which the nuclear arms race can push humanity.

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• SOURCE: Dallas Morning News
  10-24-18
  

  That sensational New York Times story about LBJ saving America from nuclear war in Vietnam is wrong says author Gregg Jones

  by Gregg Jones

  It was based on Michael Beschloss’s new book.

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• SOURCE: Perspectives Daily
  8-13-18
  

  RIP to the Liberal Order

  by Suzy Kim

  American Mourning after the US-North Korea June Summit

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• SOURCE: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
  8-13-18
  

  TV and the Bomb

  by Reba Wissner

  Fictional American television shows featured serious topics such as nuclear weapons pretty frequently during the 1950s and 1960s.

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• SOURCE: The Korea Herald
  6-28-18
  

  Philip Zelikow says step-by-step diplomacy in Korea has failed, so it’s time to try something new

  He should know. He was involved in the step-by-step talks under Bush.

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• 6-18-18
  

  Trump’s Getting Us Ready to Fight a Nuclear War

  by Lawrence Wittner

  Even as he holds out the hope of denuclearizing North Korea, he wants to increase the size and scope of the U.S. nuclear arsenal.

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• 6/3/18
  

  When it was determined that the President is the one who decides whether to use nuclear weapons

  by Alex Wellerstein

  A Twitter discussion reveals that even in 1948 at the time of the Berlin airlift the United States did not have a formal policy designating the President as the decider.

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• SOURCE: NYT
  5-16-18
  

  Why North Korea Is Angered by ‘Libya Model’ in Nuclear Talks

  Kim doesn't want a deal like Qaddafi got given what happened to him.

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• SOURCE: NYT
  5-13-18
  

  ‘This Is Not a Drill’: The Growing Threat of Nuclear Annihilation

  As more nations seek the bomb, and as the United States and Russia expand their nuclear arsenals, veterans of the Cold War say the public is too complacent about the risk of nuclear catastrophe.

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  5-8-18
  

  If Trump’s foreign policy gambles fail, history suggests his reaction could be dangerous

  by Charles Hermann

  What matters more to U.S. national security is how presidents responded when their foreign policy shifts failed.

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• SOURCE: MSN
  5-1-18
  

  Trump needs to study up on North Korea's history of duplicity

  by Cal Thomas

  A good place to start is an essay written by Joshua Muravchik of the American Enterprise Institute for the March 2003 issue of Commentary magazine.

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• 5/27/18
  

  The Year The World Almost Blew Up – And Nobody Noticed

  by Taylor Downing

  It was 1983 and the Soviets nearly ordered a full pre-emptive nuclear strike against the US and Western Europe.

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• 11/12/18
  

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