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the 1950s during a period ofvigilance and dread in the middle of the Cold War:the long stand-off betwecn nuclear powers,wherethe only defence was the threat of mutually assureddestruction.  \nUsing a mix of versed and unversed passages,Morgan places moments of calm reflectionalongside the tensions inherent in guarding againstsuch a permanent thrcat.A work of variationsand possibilities,we hear the thoughts of thoseinvolved who are trying to understand and justifytheir roles.We examinc the lives of civilians whoare not aware of the impending danger,as well asthose who are.We listen to the whirring minds ofmachines;to the voice of the bomb itself.We spyon enemy agents:alvays there,alwvays somewhereclose at hand.  \nAssurances is an intimate,dramatic work for manyvoices:lyrical,anxious,fragmentary and terrifying;a pocm about the nuclear stalemate,the deterrentthat is still in place today:how it works and how itmight fail,and what will vanish ifit does.  \nL10.00CAN S21.99  \nROYAL BOROUGH 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