Synopsis
JK Galbraith visits the ruins of postwar Berlin, the corridors of power in the Pentagon and 'the world's largest used plane lot' in his assessment of the contemporary roots of war.
- Programme: The Age of Uncertainty
- Episode: 08: The Fatal Competition
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 1977
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