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PEACE COMES WITH A CATALOGUE
The Third Desk Sep 10, 2026

PEACE COMES WITH A CATALOGUE

In Stanley Kubrick’s Dr Strangelove, the American president interrupts a scuffle between General Buck Turgidson and the Soviet ambassador with an appeal to institutional dignity. “Gentlemen, you can’t fight in here! This is the War Room.”

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