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I Saw Nuclear Armageddon Sitting on My Desk
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The father of the atomic bomb warned the Red Army could roll over Europe unless the U.S. stockpiled nukes but he was ignored and blackballed. I saw the top-secret danger myself in 1951.
Clive Irving
Published
Nov. 10 2014
5:45AM EST
Emil Lendof/The Daily Beast
Clive Irving
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