About: The Waging of the Peace

The Waging of the Peace is a satirical science fiction short story by Frederik Pohl, forming a sequel to The Wizards of Pung's Corners. The two stories feature the character Jack Tighe, as the mayor of the small town of Pung's Corners who takes over the United States after a nuclear war. American society has become overrun by consumerism and advertising, but Pung's Corners has refused to allow advertising agencies to work there, causing an attack by the US Army. However, the Army is burdened by over-complicated, unusable weapons and too many non-combat roles, so Tighe's band of rag-tag defenders defeat it and install Tighe as President. In the second story, Tighe and his subordinates have to deal with automated factories, buried underground and virtually invulnerable, which keep turning ou