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Item Details
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HOW THE END BEGINS
THE ROAD TO A NUCLEAR WORLD WAR III |
| By: |
Ron Rosenbaum |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| List price:
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£8.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1849833850 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781849833851 |
| Publisher: |
SIMON & SCHUSTER LTD |
| Pub. date: |
10 May, 2012 |
| Pages: |
320 |
| Description: |
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 |
| Synopsis: |
Each chapter of the How the End Begins deconstructs the dangers we face. Rosenbaum begins by showing all the ways the post-Cold War order that tried to impose a set of rules of averting a nuclear mistake has fallen apart; in chapter 2, he describes the journey of one Bruce Blair, once a missile launcher, whose experience inside the nuclear establishment left him alarmed about its vulnerabilities; chapter 3 looks at nuclear war from the Russian side, using the architect of that nation's early warning system as a focus; chapter 4 looks at how the Bush Administration helped pushed the world closer to a nuclear conflict by rewriting the rules of deterrence; chapter 5 describes all the ways the international incidents we have seen - Georgia, the Israeli raid on Syria, the Iranian moves - are evidence that some governments have shown a willingness to move closer to the brink of a conflict involving nuclear weapons.The rest of the book looks at the broader nuclear issues facing the world in the 21st century: What is deterrence? Who can claim to have it? How many nuclear weapons can we live with? Is zero really possible? In other words: Can we undream the nightmare? |
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Non-returnable |
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