Nova Nuclear Strategy for Beginners (Season 10, Episode 18)
TV-PG
TV Episode | 58 min | Documentary

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Nova

Nuclear Strategy for Beginners (Season 10, Episode 18)

TV-PG

TV Episode | 58 min | Documentary

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.

Director

Robert Zalisk

Writer

Robert Zalisk

Producer

Robert Zalisk

Editors

Daniel Eisenberg | Thomas Friedman | Stan Leven

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Edit Released

Updated Dec 13, 1983

Release date

Dec 13, 1983 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Won 1 Primetime Emmy Award. Another 22 wins & 63 nominations

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19 cast members

Name	Known for
Bill Finnigan Self - Former Ensign, U.S. Navy Self - Former Ensign, U.S. Navy See fewer	Nova (1974)
H. Jack Geiger Self - Professor of Community Medicine, CUNY Self - Professor of Community Medicine, CUNY See fewer	Nova (1974)
Sergey Kapitsa Self - Physicist, Moscow Institute for the Study of Physical Problems (as Sergei Kapitza) Self - Physicist, Moscow Institute for the Study of Physical Problems (as Sergei Kapitza) See fewer	Nova (1974)
John F. Kennedy Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Profiles in Courage (1964)
Robert McNamara Self - Former Secretary of Defense Self - Former Secretary of Defense See fewer	The Fog of War (2003)
Stephen Meyer Self - Assoc. Professor of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Self - Assoc. Professor of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology See fewer	Nova (1974)
Mikhail Milshtein Self - Dir., Military Studies Section, Institute for the Study of U.S. / Canada Self - Dir., Military Studies Section, Institute for the Study of U.S. / Canada See fewer	Nova (1974)
Philip Morrison Self - Physicist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Self - Physicist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology See fewer	Einstein Revealed (1996)
Michael Nacht Self - Assoc. Professor of Public Policy, Harvard University Self - Assoc. Professor of Public Policy, Harvard University See fewer	Nova (1974)
Ted O'Brien Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice) See fewer	Where Are the Children? (1985)
Richard Perle Self - Assistant Secretary of Defense, International Security Affairs Self - Assistant Secretary of Defense, International Security Affairs See fewer	The Power of Nightmares (2004)
Ronald Reagan Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Kings Row (1942)
Eugene Rostow Self - Co-Founder, Committee on the Present Danger Self - Co-Founder, Committee on the Present Danger See fewer	Nova (1974)
James Schlesinger Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Panorama (I) (1953)
Herbert Scoville Self - Former Deputy Director, Central Intelligence Agency Self - Former Deputy Director, Central Intelligence Agency See fewer	Nova (1974)
Harry S. Truman Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The History of Sportfishing
Kosta Tsipis Self - Physicist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Self - Physicist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology See fewer	Nova (1974)
Paul Warnke Self - Former Director, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency Self - Former Director, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency See fewer	Countdown to Looking Glass (1984)
Caspar Weinberger Self - Secretary of Defense (archive footage) Self - Secretary of Defense (archive footage) See fewer	World Business Review (1996)