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Robert S. McNamara confronts the spectre of nuclear war during his tenure as
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44:. The 13-part series was funded by the
1683:1989 American television series debuts
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567:Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 1978
547:China and weapons of mass destruction
539:India and weapons of mass destruction
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291:Atomic Energy Research Establishment
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931:Alun Gwynne Jones, Baron Chalfont
375:The Education of Robert McNamara
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425:Assassination of John F. Kennedy
311:Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
18:War and Peace in the Nuclear Age
806:First Strike (nuclear strategy)
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594:Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
551:Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
476:Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
712:Air-launched ballistic missile
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397:North American XB-70 Valkyrie
193:1948 Czechoslovak coup d'etat
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669:Strategic Defense Initiative
513:The Haves and the Have Nots
331:Hungarian Revolution of 1956
221:Chinese Communist Revolution
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1084:Chester Victor Clifton, Jr.
834:George Whelan Anderson, Jr.
784:Visions of War & Peace
763:Korean Air Lines Flight 007
354:Cuba/Soviet Union Relations
234:A Bigger Bang for the Buck
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315:May 1958 crisis in France
287:Atomic Energy Act of 1946
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602:First Strike (1979 film)
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755:Nuclear Freeze Campaign
385:Strategic Rocket Forces
248:Tactical nuclear weapon
163:"The Weapon of Choice"
34:international relations
492:Anti-ballistic missile
453:Yankee-class submarine
445:Anti-ballistic missile
150:Trinity (nuclear test)
146:Victory over Japan Day
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810:Nuclear proliferation
682:Missile Experimental
665:Anti-nuclear protests
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401:Convair B-58 Hustler
358:Bay of Pigs Invasion
350:Cuban Missile Crisis
277:Europe Goes Nuclear
205:Thermonuclear weapon
177:Operation Crossroads
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958:Raymond L. Garthoff
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661:Protect and Survive
618:Iran hostage crisis
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