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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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Red Alert canonical | 1 |
| “Red Alert” | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Cold War fiction
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novel ⓘ thriller novel ⓘ |
| adaptationType | film adaptation ⓘ |
| adaptedIntoFilmBy | Stanley Kubrick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Peter George NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| exploresConcept |
escalation of conflict
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fail-safe mechanisms ⓘ human error in nuclear command systems ⓘ |
| genre |
Cold War fiction
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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
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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
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military strategy ⓘ nuclear brinkmanship ⓘ nuclear weapons ⓘ |
| tone |
suspenseful
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tense ⓘ |
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“Red Alert”