| Description |
304 pages ; 25 cm |
| 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-285) and index |
| 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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| LC no. |
2010022474 |
| ISBN |
1416594213 hardback |
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9781416594215 hardback |
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