1. The Cold War and the Massive Arms Race

2. The effects of the Soviets and the Chinese getting nuclear weapons
This really began with the bombing of Japan by the United States in In the context of the Cold War, do you believe the Soviets and the Chinese had any alternative but to try to do the same?
Yes No

3. Once the Chinese and Soviets had the bomb, was there any likelihood that the world would sensibly believe in the international control of nuclear weapons?
Yes No

4. Once the sensible plan by Bernard Burach failed, was there any alternative to even more powerful bombs and massive retaliation as a doctrine?
Yes No
Cannot think of one

5. American perceptions of the global struggle
Joseph Stalin of the Soviet Union is credited with killing 26 million of his own people. The rhetoric of Communist expansionism was simplified for Americans. Do you see any way that the nuclear arms race (and its environmental consequences) could have been avoided?
Yes No
I wish I could

6. Two levels of societal response
In your judgment, was the “Bert the Turtle” an appropriate approach to warning children of the consequences of a nuclear attack?
Yes No

7. Given the magnitude of the power of nuclear weapons, was the fall-out shelter craze a reasonable response or a perpetuation of a naïve denial?
Reasonable response
Naïve denial

8. Did the Atomic Energy Commission and the U. S
Did the Atomic Energy Commission and the U.S. government mislead the country about the danger of nuclear weapons?
Reasonable presentation
Misled the country