Stanislav Petrov:​ An Unlikely Hero of the Cold War
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    • Mutually Assured Destruction
    • Ronald Reagan and the 'Evil Empire'
    • Korean Airlines Flight 007
  • The False Alarm Incident
  • Significance
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    • Endnotes
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​Thesis Statement


Lieutenant Colonel Stanislav Petrov averted a likely nuclear holocaust when, at great personal risk, he took a stand by not immediately alerting his superiors of five incoming Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles——which, incidentally, were the consequence of a system malfunction. In a time of strained international relations, Petrov's cool-headed approach to a world-threatening technical glitch violated draconian Soviet military protocol, resisted rampant Cold War paranoia, and, most importantly, saved the world.

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STANISLAV petrov: AN UNLIKELY HERO OF THE COLD WAR
YI CHEN (LUKE) CHANG & Danny Yu
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  • Home Page
    • Option 1
    • Option 2
    • Thesis
  • The Cold War
    • Mutually Assured Destruction
    • Ronald Reagan and the 'Evil Empire'
    • Korean Airlines Flight 007
  • The False Alarm Incident
  • Significance
  • Research
    • Endnotes
    • Annotated Bibliography
    • Process Paper