Leontevich Shatilin, "Hero of the Soviet Union" Lev Emmanuilovich Razgon, former Bolshevik Michael J. Grisak, Gary steelworker, 1930s Rosa Dmitrievna Inkina, construction worker, Magnitogorsk Evgenii A. Ivanov, Senior Manager, USSR Gosplan Valerii Nikolaevich Blinov, managing director, Moscow Toothbrush and Plastic Comb Factory Aleksei Sergeevich Vassiliev, Deputy Managing Director in Charge of Quality, Moscow Toothbrush and Plastic Comb Factory Leonid Pavlovich Katovskii, taxi driver Sergei Mikhailovich Ulanov, Head of Organization and Methodology of Price Creation, USSR State Committee on Prices A. S. Fedorenko, Director, Central Economic-Mathematical Institute of the USSR Academy of Sciences Abel G. Aganbegyan, economist Dr Alexander Nikolaevich Voronov, Director, All Union Scientific Research Institute for the Study of the Population's Demand for Consumer Goods and the Conjuncture of the Market Dr Vyacheslav Konstantinovich Nefedov, economist Dr Natalya Antonovna Cherkasova, economist Part 2. 'To The Brink of Eternity' This episode, originally broadcast on 18 June 1992, outlines how the United States government and its departments attempted to use systems analysis and game theory to develop strategies to control the nuclear threat and nuclear arms race during the Cold War, and, more specifically, to manage the "loss of control" crises encountered during events such as the Space Race, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the Vietnam War. The focus is on the men on whom Dr Strangelove was allegedly based: Herman Kahn, Albert Wohlstetter and John von Neumann. These were mathematical analysts employed by the American RAND Corporation to examine issues of America's national security in the nuclear age. They believed the world could be controlled by the scientific manipulation of fear. One problem, however, was the seemingly unpredictable and irrational nature of politicians, societies, and individuals, which rendered elements of the theory difficult to apply, as well as the challenge of finding accurate, impartial, and unmodified data on which to base concise predictions. In the end, their visions were obscured and became the stuff of science fiction fantasy. Similar material is also covered in the "F**k You Buddy" part of Curtis's later work, The Trap, but To The Brink of Eternity has the focus entirely on the nuclear and military aspects of Cold War strategy, such as planning for and against pre-emptive war. John Nash is not mentioned, and the psychological and economical aspects of game theory are not included. Contributors Samuel T. Cohen, inventor of the neutron bomb Simon Ramo, guided missile engineer, 1950s James A. Thomson, President of