Nuclear War Strange Game

Nuclear War Strange Game Cause Button Museum
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Cause
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Illustrations
Text on Button Nuclear War: Strange Game, the Only Way to Win is Not to Play.
Image Description

Illustration of three missiles with orange text on a white background.
Curl Text DONNELLY/COLT BUTTONS BOX 188 HAMPTON, CT 06247
Back Style
Locking pin
The Shape
Oval
The Size
1 1/4 inch x 1 3/4 inch
Year / Decade Made
1982
1980s
The Manufacturer
Donnelly Colt
Additional Information

In the 1980s many movies explored the fears of nuclear war with the Soviet Union. The quote "Nuclear war: strange game, the only way to win is not to play" comes from the movie War Games (1983) starring Mathew Broderick. In this movie a teenage boy hacks a military computer looking for a video game and almost starts WWIII. This line comes from the computer, when it finally understands there is no way to win the "game" nuclear war. The quote means that no matter who wins a nuclear war everyone will lose because the level of destruction is so huge.
Sources
“A strange game. The only winning move is not to play” [weblog post] My Geek Wisdom: Because There is A Lot of Knowledge to Get Out of the Weirdest Things. Housman, D. (2006, March 6). Attack of the killer Exersaucers [weblog post]. Dan Hausman Hypercritic. "War Games" (1983). IMDB.
Catalog ID CA0455