World War III
The "Star Trek Concordance" identifies the "Bread and Circuses" figure as the death toll for a nuclear World War III, in the mid-21st century. ' firmly establishes World War III ended, after a nuclear exchange, in 2053, but with a body count of 600 million. The figure of Colonel Green is elaborated on in '. "" also deliberately describes the warring parties in World War III as "factions", not nations "per se".