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"Gentlemen, you can`t fight in here! This is the War Room!". Air Force General Jack D. Ripper causes an international conflict when he sends bomber aircrafts to attack the Soviet Union during the Cold War. The American president works with the Russian prime minister in a desperate effort to save the world. Then enters Dr. Strangelove, an ex-Nazi nuclear warfare expert, to help with the situation. Based on Peter George’s novel Red Alert. JH: It was at first planned as a straight story until Kubrick realized that the truth was almost too grotesque to be believable. He then turned Peter George’s book into a black comedy, using the comical element to emphasize the seriousness of the story. I remember his remark during the first Iraq War when he said: "I hope I didn’t make a documentary".