Learn about the Cuban Missile Crisis and the various aspects of the threats of nuclear warfare as reflected in the popular culture of the 1960s, urging to stop nuclear tensions through films

Learn about the Cuban Missile Crisis and the various aspects of the threats of nuclear warfare as reflected in the popular culture of the 1960s, urging to stop nuclear tensions through films

An overview of the atomic bomb, the threat of nuclear warfare, and the Cuban missile crisis as reflected in the popular culture of the 1960s, particularly in the films On the Beach, Dr. Strangelove, and Planet of the Apes.
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