Dr. Strangelove is a 1964 film that takes a satirical stance on a then stressful and serious situation: the Cold War. In the post World War Two Landscape, the United States and the Soviet Union fought to become the premier world power. In that power struggle, both sides worked hard to create an arsenal of Nuclear Weapons in an effort to hold the other in check. Both the United States and the Soviet Union worked under the concept of mutually assured destruction: If one side used their nuclear weapons, which had and incredible amount of destructive power, the other side could retaliate with their own nuclear arsenal, which would ensure the destruction of both sides. In Dr. Strangelove, a United States general orders a strike on the Soviet Union. When the other heads of the military and the President become aware of this, they scramble to undo the damage caused by this general, and prevent the apocalypse. Despite some amusing banter in the War Room, and between the leaders of the United States and the Soviet Union, the bomb reaches an altered destination and detonates. As the President and is leaders attempt to make a plan for saving some of the population in mine shafts, with a “breeding program” (10:1 ratio of females to males) the Soviets’ own weapon detonates, destroying life on earth. Dr. Strangelove presented an alternate, rather morbid view on the arms race: destruction is unavoidable, so stop worrying about it.