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Re:Almost Everything in “Dr. Strangelove” Was Based on Fact by mercer on Saturday November 08, 2014 @11:25AM (#8577302)
> People, large numbers of them, actually believed (and it may have been true) that extinction-level global war was an accidental launch away.

Considering the Cuba Missile Crisis, perhaps that wasn't an entirely unreasonable expectation...

Reminds me of a fascinating (and rather depressing) alternative history of the missile crisis I read a while ago. I couldn't stop reading: http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=...

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Re:Almost Everything in “Dr. Strangelove” Was Based on Fact by CamperBob2 on Saturday November 08, 2014 @11:35PM (#8579120)
Wow, that guy could step into Tom Clancy's shoes. Why is he doing all that A-level creative writing for free?
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Re:Almost Everything in “Dr. Strangelove” Was Based on Fact by arethuza on Saturday November 08, 2014 @02:31PM (#8577903)
A novel with a back-story of a similar scenario is Resurrection Day:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resurrection_Day

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