... every state within the contiguous United States, and they were producing as many as 250 more each year (Reeves, 486). The United States possessed 1,054 ICBM's, and with submarine launching systems, were capable of detonating nuclear warheads any place on the planet. Humanity had reached its most destructive potential since the dawn of civilization. The ensuing chess match between the two ... the only reasonable course of action. Others, however, felt that talks and negotiations were analogous to appeasement and made the United States look weak. One such dissenter, Phil Williams, an anal...

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