In Stanley Kubrick’s Dr. Strangelove, United States Air Force Brigadier General Jack D. Ripper goes rogue and launches an unprovoked nuclear attack on the Soviet Union. He is asked by RAF Group Captain Lionel Mandrake — a voice of reason in the madness —to recall the B-52 bombers that will …
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