As they were during the Cold War, urban population centers remain the most likely targets of a nuclear attack.
ALAN CRANSTONAs they were during the Cold War, urban population centers remain the most likely targets of a nuclear attack.
ALAN CRANSTONInflation is not all bad. After all, it has allowed every American to live in a more expensive neighborhood without moving.
ALAN CRANSTONIf we fail to act soon, the scars of a major nuclear disaster will mark our immediate and distant future.
ALAN CRANSTONAn accidental military launch of multiple warheads could result in a worldwide nuclear holocaust.
ALAN CRANSTONThe idea of being a foreign correspondent and wandering the world and witnessing great events.
ALAN CRANSTONThe probability of a fatal nuclear detonation is greater now than at any time during the Cold War.
ALAN CRANSTONQuite possibly there would be no other human beings left to be concerned about anything else.
ALAN CRANSTONI believe. France and Germany and Japan, China, other nations, they’re going to exist. But they’re losing their significance and ability to deal with certain matters.
ALAN CRANSTONThe explosion of a terrorist’s single nuclear device in a major metropolitan center would trigger an unparalleled humanitarian and environmental disaster.
ALAN CRANSTONThere’s a very simple reason for focusing on the nuclear issue. Many, many issues are of supreme importance in one way or another, but if we blow ourselves up with nuclear weapons, no other issue is really going to matter.
ALAN CRANSTONNow, however, an attack may come without warning from an unknown enemy, to achieve unclear motives.
ALAN CRANSTONFear and hatred are the legacy of Ronald Reagan. America’s vision of peace and freedom [is being] blasted by the guns of the U.S.
ALAN CRANSTONThe arsenal of megadeath can’t be rid no matter what the peace treaties come to.
ALAN CRANSTONI don’t think there’s any one definition, but to do effective political work you have to have vision and practicality, and learn how to persuade people that what you feel needs to be done does need to be done.
ALAN CRANSTONHaving adventures and covering the activities of world leaders, appealed to me greatly. It was a very glamorous life in those days.
ALAN CRANSTONThe organization, whether a nation or corporation or citizen group, just doesn’t work very well.
ALAN CRANSTON