Armaments Race

"Armaments Race"
Short story by Arthur C. Clarke
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Genre(s)Science fiction
Publication
Published in Adventure
Publication typeMagazine
PublisherPopular Publications
Publication dateApril 1954
Chronology
SeriesTales from the White Hart
 
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"Armaments Race" is a science fiction short story by British writer Arthur C. Clarke, first published in 1954, and later anthologized in Tales from the White Hart. Like the rest of the collection, it is a frame story set in the pub "White Hart", where the fictional Harry Purvis narrates the secondary tale.