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Peter Bryan George (26 March 1924 – 1 June 1966) was a Welsh author, most famous for the 1958 Cold War thriller novel Red Alert, published initially with the title Two Hours to Doom and written using the pseudonym Peter Bryant.
Oct 19, 2012 · Peter George died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head at his home in St Leonards – not far from where I live in Lewes – on 1 June, 1966; [3] his wife found him slumped in a chair with a discharged double-barreled shotgun between his knees. [4] .
Red Alert is a 1958 novel by Peter George about nuclear war. The book provided the underlying narrative structure for Stanley Kubrick 's 1964 film Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. [1] Kubrick's film differs significantly from the novel in that the film is a black comedy .
Peter Bryan George was a British author, most famous for the 1958 Cold War thriller novel Red Alert, first published under the title Two Hours to Doom and written under the pen name Peter Bryant.
(1924-1966) UK author and ex-RAF officer whose life and career seem to have been dominated by the topic of nuclear World War Three and its consequences.
Mar 29, 2015 · 29 March 2015. Columbia Pictures. The film Dr Strangelove is based on a novel written by Welsh author Peter George. By Carwyn Jones. BBC Wales news. Originally released in 1964, Stanley...
Peter Bryan George (26 March 1924 – 1 June 1966) was a Welsh author, most famous for the 1958 Cold War thriller novel Red Alert, published initially with the title Two Hours To Doom and written using the pseudonym Peter Bryant.
