… casually of using nuclear weapons to win a jungle war in Southeast Asia. … and finally Johnson to burrow ever deeper into a futile “land war in Asia.”.
Editorial: It’s risky out there for us humans
We may have quelled the threat of nuclear war (for now), and we actually thrived after one of those asteroids snuffed out the dinosaurs 65 million years …
Writing The Cold War: What Surprised Me – Continued
At the height of the missile crisis in 1962, he penned a hideous document basically urging the Soviets not to be afraid of launching a nuclear attack on …
A Firm Response at Sea Will Help, Not Hinder, Nuclear Negotiations with Iran
Until that message is clarified, Iran is likely to continue ratcheting up its attacks. An effective U.S. response to the Mercer Street attack . . . would be a far …
Japanese teenager calls for nuke-free world at UN disarmament confab
“We must take a big step towards the total elimination of nuclear weapons,” said Rio Sasaki, an 18-year-old student at a senior high school in Hiroshima, …
It’s not the Cuban Missile Crisis but the end of the pandemic makes me feel alive as my mother did …
For 13 days in October, a stand-off between the US and the Soviet Union brought the world to the brink of nuclear war. She remembers, as a child, …
A director tackles the story of Japan’s own nuclear experiment
Until Hiroshi Kurosaki’s new film “Gift of Fire,” however, none have dealt with Japan’s own effort to build an atomic bomb during World War II. A director …
Benedict Cumberbatch elevates solid spy thriller The Courier with an eye-catching lead performance
In 1960, Nikita Khrushchev (Vladimir Chuprikov) stokes the war of words with the US and threatens to push the button on nuclear warfare between the …
10 Years Later: Rise of the Planet of the Apes
… loose prequel trilogy to the 1968 classic that does away with its nuclear war backstory in favour of a pandemic, making for a chillingly realistic set-up.
Letters & Op-Ed, August 11 2021
The Cities Appeal recognizes the Treaty to Prohibit Nuclear weapons … certain council members, none of them has yet come out for nuclear war.
