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The Most Dangerous Figure in World History
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The U.S. President that succeeds Eisenhower will be the first one to control the U.S nuclear arsenal in an era where a push-button holocaust becomes possible. This raises the question of what qualifications and background a President should have to be worthy of such great power and authority.
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