Strategic Air Command

A long look at a QUICK STRIKE

The grim realities of a faux nuclear war plan from 1958

Apr 9 • Alex Wellerstein

Cutting the head off the Soviet chicken

"By Dawn's Early Light" (1990): a contrived, late-Cold War, made-for-TV nuclear thriller

Feb 27 • Alex Wellerstein

"I have sought to slaughter as few civilians as possible."

The rabid, apocalyptic Beat poetry that is "Mission with LeMay"

Oct 16, 2025 • Alex Wellerstein

Dr. Strangelove's War Room

Could claustrophobic design be a strategic asset?

Jul 16, 2024 • Alex Wellerstein

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Doomsday Machines

Strategic Air Command