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304 pages ; 25 cm |
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Bibliog. |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-285) and index. |
Contents |
"We came so close" -- Major Hering's forbidden questions -- The forbidden question at the QWEST Center -- The number -- Bruce Blair : the doomsday discovery and the real danger -- Col. Yarynich's "100 nuclear wars" and the apocalypse equation -- "The ashes are still warm" : the second holocaust, Israel, and the morality of nuclear retaliation -- Iran: the "enigmatic box" and the NIE -- Endgame. |
Summary |
An alarming, deeply reported analysis of how close--and how often--the world has come to nuclear annihilation, and why we are once again on the brink. |
Note |
Gift of William Shulman. |
Subject |
Nuclear warfare.
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World War III.
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Nuclear weapons -- History.
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Deterrence (Strategy) -- History.
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ISBN |
1416594213 (hbk.) |
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9781416594215 (hbk.) |
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1439190070 (ebook) |
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9781439190074 (ebook) |
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