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ID169502
Title ProperThis Grim Game
Other Title InformationKennedy and Arms Control for Outer Space
LanguageENG
AuthorBuono, Stephen
Summary / Abstract (Note)Shortly after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the U.S. physicist Louis Ridenour penned a short play for Fortune magazine detailing how a future nuclear war might start. “Pilot Lights of the Apocalypse” opens in an underground command center beneath San Francisco, where a small group of high-ranking military officials give the U.S. president a tour of the facility. The commanding general explains that there are over 5,000 bomb-equipped satellites in orbit above the earth, owned by a host of different countries, ready to strike enemy cities in the event of major hostilities. Because such a strike would descend from outer space, however, determining from where an attack originated is impossible. The command staff must therefore rely on “political” data—an ever-shifting list of political agitators—to determine which enemies might have the greatest motivation to initiate a war.
`In' analytical NoteDiplomatic History Vol. 43, No.5; Nov 2019: p.840–866
Journal SourceDiplomatic History Vol: 43 No 5
Key WordsOuter Space ;  Grim Game ;  Kennedy and Arms Control


 
 
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