Published Oct 13, 2021
Stanislav Petrov: The Man Who Saved the World
Gary Arndt narrates the gripping story of Stanislav Petrov, a Soviet officer whose instinctual decision during a 1983 false alarm averted a potential nuclear catastrophe amidst heightening Cold War tensions.
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