… with Strangelovian fondness as the “football”, containing the nuclear codes for the Soviet President to launch all out and unrestrained nuclear war.
China versus India~II
“A nuclear war can never be won, and hence must never be fought”, in the memorable words of Reagan again. At the same time, they demonstrated …
How Israel and the US combined media and military power to prevent war
When Iranian nuclear engineer Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was killed in November, Iran vowed revenge. It also vowed to track down those responsible for …
How Soviets celebrated Christmas
Some of my classmates later told me that they often pictured a nuclear war in their worst nightmares.” …
Biden to Review US Nuclear-Weapons Programs, With Eye Toward Cuts
… to respond to Russia’s threats without resorting to more powerful strategic weapons, but critics contend it will lower the threshold for nuclear war.
Mounting pressure on ministers to grant Britain’s nuclear test veterans a medal
The Mirror told how survivors of the Cold War nuclear tests had the support of ministers for finally winning recognition, but the secretive committee …
Is Wonder Woman’s love interest a Dybbuk?
“Wonder Woman 1984” transports us to a simpler time of probable nuclear war, petroleum-fueled global conflicts and regrettable fashion. Does it also …
Universal anxiety
The danger of nuclear war is by no means a thing of the past, and yet even if our fears were not continuously focused on COVID-19, it is probably true …
Arms control held hostage
It was the first arms control pact to ban an entire class of nuclear arms. … threats against Europe and Japan, and soon the Soviet war in Afghanistan.
Christmas 2020: The tree casts light in the darkness
Underlying the Age of Appliances, though, were fears of nuclear war. Then, in the 1960s, another unraveling, starting with the assassination of a …