'Dr. Strangelove: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb' Condemns the Virile Performance of Military Politics

Hoya | Georgetown University

Mar 12, 2026

Poisoned by his paranoid fear that the Soviets are fluoridating American water to pollute citizens' "precious bodily fluids," U.S. Air Force Brigadier General Jack Ripper (Sterling…