Red Alert

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Red Alert is a Cold War-era thriller novel by Peter George that explores the terrifying prospect of accidental nuclear war between global superpowers.

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instanceOf Cold War fiction ⓘ
novel ⓘ
thriller novel ⓘ
adaptationType film adaptation ⓘ
adaptedIntoFilmBy Stanley Kubrick NERFINISHED ⓘ
author Peter George NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
exploresConcept escalation of conflict ⓘ
fail-safe mechanisms ⓘ
human error in nuclear command systems ⓘ
genre Cold War fiction ⓘ
political fiction ⓘ
thriller ⓘ
war novel ⓘ
hasAdaptation Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb NERFINISHED ⓘ
influencedWork Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb NERFINISHED ⓘ
literaryCategory 20th-century British novel ⓘ
mainTheme Cold War tensions ⓘ
accidental nuclear war ⓘ
military command and control ⓘ
nuclear deterrence ⓘ
nuclear war ⓘ
narrativeFocus prospect of accidental nuclear war between global superpowers ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
settingPeriod Cold War NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectMatter United States–Soviet Union relations ⓘ
military strategy ⓘ
nuclear brinkmanship ⓘ
nuclear weapons ⓘ
tone suspenseful ⓘ
tense ⓘ

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Dr. Strangelove → basedOn → Red Alert ⓘ
Every Hero Needs a Villain → hasPart → Red Alert ⓘ
this entity surface form: “Red Alert”