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Rhodess offers a sobering look at the history of nuclear development. Eisenhower’s Atoms for Peace initiative, ostensibly aimed at peaceful energy, was intertwined with covert efforts to maintain nuclear superiority, significantly escalating the arms race. He reminds the audience that the nuclear arms buildup underpins global stability by deterring full-scale war but still bears the terrifying threat of accidental or intentional catastrophe.