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For my father, Nick James Nichols, who saw the beginning of the nuclear age,and my daughter, Hope Virginia Nichols,who I hope will see its end

General Black: We’re talking about the wrong subject. We’ve got to stop war, not limit it.

Professor Groteschele: That is not up to us, General Black.

Black: We’re the ones who know most about it.

General Stark: You’re a soldier, Blackie. You carry out policy. You don’t make it.

Black: Don’t kid yourself, Stark. The way we say a war can be fought is making policy. If we say we can fight a limited war with nuclear weapons, we let everyone off the hook. It’s what they want to hear. We can just keep on doing what we’re doing, and nobody really gets hurt.

Groteschele: Are you advocating disarmament, General Black?

Black [pauses]: I don’t know.

—Fail-Safe (1964)