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October 13, 2025
Able Archer 83: The NATO Exercise That Almost Started World War III
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May 24, 2025
Dead Hand: The Real-Life Soviet Doomsday Machine Dr. Strangelove Warned Us About
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February 20, 2025
Operation Candid: The Queen, the Cold War, and the Yacht That Could Outrun Armageddon
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April 23, 2020
How the UK Depends on the BBC Show “Today” to Prevent Doomsday
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April 22, 2020
Tax Strategies for the Apocalypse
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June 12, 2018
Jimmy Carter’s Nuclear Launch Code Mishap: A Dry Cleaning Blunder
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January 5, 2015
Nuclear War False Alarms That Almost Triggered World War 3
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January 5, 2015
Vasili Arkhipov: The Man Who Prevented World War III
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