Adam Curtis Films

Pandora's Box: Part 2. 'To The Brink of Eternity' (1992x2)

Date de diffusion: Jun 18, 1992

This episode, originally broadcast on 18 June 1992, outlines how the United States government and its departments attempted to use systems analysis and game theory to develop strategies to control the nuclear threat and nuclear arms race during the Cold War, and, more specifically, to manage the "loss of control" crises encountered during events such as the Space Race, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the Vietnam War.