As they were during the Cold War, urban population centers remain the most likely targets of a nuclear attack.
ALAN CRANSTONIts operation in a world beset by fuel and energy crises makes no sense at all.
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Fear 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.
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Unprecedented warnings by officials most closely linked with nuclear arms negotiations and defense strategy indicate that we are running out of time.
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Now, however, an attack may come without warning from an unknown enemy, to achieve unclear motives.
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I 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.
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You have to have more, you have to give people hope and a vision of a better world.
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Its operation in a world beset by fuel and energy crises makes no sense at all.
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Navy in Lebanon, the guns of U.S. paratroopers in Grenada, and the guns of U.S. helicopters in Honduras and El Salvador.
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The arsenal of megadeath can’t be rid no matter what the peace treaties come to.
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The explosion of a terrorist’s single nuclear device in a major metropolitan center would trigger an unparalleled humanitarian and environmental disaster.
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An accidental military launch of multiple warheads could result in a worldwide nuclear holocaust.
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The organization, whether a nation or corporation or citizen group, just doesn’t work very well.
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Having adventures and covering the activities of world leaders, appealed to me greatly. It was a very glamorous life in those days.
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The probability of a fatal nuclear detonation is greater now than at any time during the Cold War.
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There’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.
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As the Russian military deteriorates, and as rogue governments and terrorists seek to acquire nuclear capabilities, the threat continues to grow.
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