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001 2010022474
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008 100603s2011 nyu b 001 0 eng
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020 $a1416594213 (hbk.)
020 $a9781416594215 (hbk.)
020 $a1439190070 (ebook)
020 $a9781439190074 (ebook)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn313658819
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050 00 $aU263$b.R67 2011
082 00 $a355.02/17$222
100 1 $aRosenbaum, Ron.
245 10 $aHow the end begins :$bthe road to a nuclear World War III /$cRon Rosenbaum.
250 $a1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
260 $aNew York :$bSimon & Schuster,$c2011.
300 $a304 p. ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 261-285) and index.
505 0 $a"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.
520 $aAn 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.
650 0 $aNuclear warfare.
650 0 $aWorld War III.
650 0 $aNuclear weapons$xHistory.
650 0 $aDeterrence (Strategy)$xHistory.