som militært og politisk virkemiddel, og som objekt for seriøs (om enn usmakelig) forskning, er temaet for Jörg Friedrichs artikkel på Signandsight: “On the assets side were the two billion dollars invested in the military trump card, the atom bomb. On the other side were liabilities of 10 billion dollars, which had promoted the monster Stalin to ruler of the continent.”