Nuclear proliferation

The Butter Battle Book written by Theodor Geisel or better known as Dr. Seuss. Though this book of rivalry towns seems to be the main idea, there is an underlying political event this is based off of. This children’s book is written about the Zooks and the Yooks, two rival towns representing the USSR and the United States of America in the Cold War. Dr. Suess effectively persuades his readers of The Butter Battle Book is about the Cold War. Throughout the book, the point of view is a child who…

The invention of the atomic bomb The atomic bomb was the first bomb ever to make such destruction where ever it will hit and that if you’re close to it, then you won’t have any time to run away or anything. It can even destroy an entire town. It was made in the early 1939 and the person who made it was Albert Einstein and that the scientists had learned the secrets of the splitting a uranium atom which was a way to spread out fear and that all of the scientists were prison by the Nazi. So…

preventing a nuclear disaster at Georgia Tech, which is triggered by an old supercomputer in a mysterious tunnel under what is now The Clough Commons building. We were able to take a relatively common game theme (disaster prevention) and spice it up by incorporating a Georgia Tech based plot. In short, the player discovers a mysterious tunnel through some clues and finds their way into the supercomputer tunnel, where they complete a quiz and release a virus which threatens to release nuclear…

of its nuclear capabilities has seen heightened debate on whether a deal has the power to do so. Through a span of twelve years, this deal, most commonly referred to as the Iran deal, has seen negotiations with the five major members of the U.N. Within this deal there is a desire to eliminate the possibility for Iran to create nuclear weapons; by confiscating crucial necessities to the process plutonium and uranium, as well as implementing the supervision of U.N. officials at their nuclear…

Bear Grylls once said, “Survival can be summed up in three words-- never give up.” This is exactly what the characters do going through a nuclear war. The drastic experience takes the characters on an emotional journey as well as help them take a look at the world through a different perspective. Alas, Babylon, a classic apocalyptic novel by Pat Frank, utilizes psychological situations and common knowledge to show that survival of the fittest brings out the true nature of people The characters…

Nuking North Korea A young man is at his house watching T.V. when an emergency broadcast comes to informing him that North Korea has launched nuclear warheads that are to land in several big cities. That is what many people imagine when they hear “North Korea” and “Nuclear Strike”. When North Korea first launched its missile in February the rest of the world went on red alert, many people now believe they are a serious threat to the United States, because of how quickly they are advancing their…

Lindsay 5 Christopher H. Pyle essay “Invasion of Privacy” stated that “with nuclear war would cause militarized states to become armed internal security bureaucracies with the technology of surveillance to produce a totalitarian society” (Pyle pg.132). This idea is represented in the totalitarian world of 1984. People are provided a guide by Big Brothers party who creates a structure that controls Religion, Music, Arts, and Education (Enteen pg.207-211). Language is an important need for human…

environment clean, why do Donald Trump and Kim Jong-Un choose to provoke each other knowing the disastrous consequences of nuclear war? In the past, country leaders have discussed nuclear war and the problematic effects that ensue from nuclear bombs, and the possible loss of a significant portion of the population and the impacts it has on the environment. In order to avoid nuclear war and its impacts, it is necessary for Donald Trump and Kim Jong-Un to improve their diplomatic relations and…

Zombie fascination after World War II The recent fascination with the apocalypse and zombie scenarios can be traced back to the advent of nuclear warfare during World War II, as argued by Stanford literary scholar Angela Becerra Vidergar. After the destructive events of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the horrific violence of the Holocaust and World War II, human collective visions of the future were drastically altered and the disturbing realisation of human capacity for mass violence was brought…

developed the nuclear bomb it had secured its place as the most powerful nation in the world. There was no need for deterrence back then because nobody else had acquired nuclear bombs yet. Essentially the United States could get away with nuking anyone without any major consequences and without sending any ground troops. Only a few planes were needed to do the trick. It was only a matter of time before another state pursued the same technology and within a few years, the USSR had succeeded.…