Peter George

Peter George was an English Author. Born March 24th 1924 in Treorchy Wales, United Kingdom. He is most famous for writing the novel Red Alert which was the inspiration for Stanley Kubrick's Classic film Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. Peter George in fact wrote the screenplay for the film as well with Terry Southern and was displeased with the overall satirical feel of the movie. He later wrote a novelization of the screenplay after the film was released and dedicated it to the director. George Was Deeply committed to nuclear disarmament and had been a lieutenant in the Royal Air Force. He later wrote another novel to denounce the use nuclear weapons entitled Commander-I. He Died June 11th 1966 in Hastings East Sussex England when he committed suicide.