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…the US. My interviewee thinks Iraq is annoyed with the US and is always interfering with other countries’ situations. I would have to agree with him. I also think this is an act of jealousy. My sixth question refers to the use of nuclear weapons during…

…information, guide submarines, and train greenhorns in the art of battle through realistic 3d simulators. Built directly into the weapons system, computers assisted or replaced human skills in aiming and operating advanced weapons systems, like antiaircraft guns…

…“One man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter” (Egendorf 12-13). These people, be them terrorist or freedom fighters, have, for many years, killed innocent men, women, and children for no reason. In recent years, biological weapons have taken…

…, Washington was able to gain the support of Americans. Today isn't much different, the communist threat has faded, but the threat of terrorism and the spread of nuclear arms is still prevalent. The only thing that has changed, is the American state of mind. We…

…to be the locus for theoretical physics, discovered nuclear fission in Uranium. Fearing that research into nuclear fission by the Nazis could lead to the construction of an extremely powerful bomb of unheard of destructive power, physicists Leo Szilard and Albert…

…of telling what these things that we have created ourselves might someday do. It will only take a short amount of time for something like a nuclear weapon, or maybe worse, to slip into the hands of someone who does not fully understand the consequences…

…things are predictions from the author about the future. Perhaps not 2021, but I think that some will come true in a time that is not much later. In fact, World War Terminus is not that different from the acts of September 11 and the use of nuclear weapons…

…to the actions of the US. The US not only attempted to coerce the Eastern European countries into a democratic (read: anti-soviet) ‘American Bloc,’ but also failed to appreciate a threat to Soviet national security, used nuclear might in the place of traditional…

…to sincere attempts to remove nuclear threats. In meeting with Reagan in 1986, Gorbachev proposed the “abolition of all nuclear weapons within ten years, thus moving his original deadline from the year 2000 to 1996.” (Gaddis, p.128) Relations between…

…than likely you will not attempt to succeed. It is important to be prepared for the failure of capitalism and democracy in Russia. We should not destroy all of our nuclear weapons while allowing them to keep their arsenals, but we should continue to work…