Rosenbaum, Ron. <br/><br/>
How the end begins :  the road to a nuclear World War III / 
Ron Rosenbaum. 
 - 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed. 
 - London :  Simon & Schuster,  2011. 
 - 304 p. ;  20 cm. 
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<br/><br/>"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. 
<br/><br/> Explores instances in which conflict between countries came close to resulting in a nuclear battle with the potential of destroying the world, and discusses the possibility of nuclear annihilation. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781849833851 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Nuclear warfare.<br/>World War III.<br/>Nuclear weapons--History.<br/>Deterrence (Strategy)--History.<br/>Nuclear warfare.<br/>World War III.<br/>Nuclear weapons--History.<br/>Military policy.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>355.02/15