Cold War (short story)

"Cold War"
Short story by Arthur C. Clarke
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Genre(s)Science fiction
Publication
Published in Satellite Science Fiction
Publication typeMagazine
PublisherRenown Publications
Publication dateApril 1957
Chronology
SeriesTales from the White Hart
 
The Reluctant Orchid
 
What Goes Up

"Cold War" is a science fiction short story by British writer Arthur C. Clarke, first published in 1956, and later anthologized in Tales from the White Hart. Like the rest of the collection, it is a frame story set in the fictional "White Hart" pub, where Harry Purvis narrates the secondary tale.