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NOVA; Nuclear Strategy: A Guide For The Beginner

11/17/1983

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Series

NOVA

Program

Nuclear Strategy: A Guide For The Beginner

Program Number

1018

Series Description

Premiered March 1974 NOVA is a general-interest documentary series that addresses a single science issue each week. Billed as "science adventures for curious grown-ups" when it first aired in March, 1974, NOVA continues to offer an informative and entertaining approach to a challenging subject. 1996 marked NOVA's 23rd season, which makes it the longest-running science program on national television. It is also one of television's most acclaimed series, having won every major television award, most of them many times over. Series release date: 3/3/1974

Program Description

Will nuclear weapons deter World War III or only make it more likely? NOVA explores the military strategies of the nuclear age, now that the challenge may no longer be to win global war but to prevent it through current nuclear strategy and the hopes for arms control.

Duration

00:61:00

Asset Type

Broadcast program

Media Type

Video

Genres

Documentary

Topics

Science

Citation

Chicago: “NOVA; Nuclear Strategy: A Guide For The Beginner,” 11/17/1983, GBH Archives, accessed December 10, 2023, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_AFC6E5576AF147D9BD5E0F58953EC700.

MLA: “NOVA; Nuclear Strategy: A Guide For The Beginner.” 11/17/1983. GBH Archives. Web. December 10, 2023. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_AFC6E5576AF147D9BD5E0F58953EC700>.

APA: NOVA; Nuclear Strategy: A Guide For The Beginner. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_AFC6E5576AF147D9BD5E0F58953EC700