John Hughes-Wilson
Eve of Destruction: The inside story of our dangerous nuclear world
Eve of Destruction: The inside story of our dangerous nuclear world
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US President Harry Truman ordered the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, which were followed by the disasters at the Fukushima and Chernobyl nuclear reactors. This book records the facts that show we have teetered precariously on the brink of Armageddon far more frequently than the general public realizes. Despite the catastrophic nature of any nuclear conflict, we have come to the very borders of such a situation eight times since the 1960s. Eve of Destruction is a warning from recent history and a call to take note of the real danger of nuclear catastrophe.
Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 400 pages
Publication date: 03 March 2022
Publisher: John Blake Publishing Ltd
US President Harry Truman was well aware of the devastating power of atomic weaponry, but no one could have predicted its full potential when he ordered the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945. These military attacks, along with the disasters at the Fukushima and Chernobyl nuclear reactors, may come to mind when discussing nuclear destruction, but the majority of the events recorded in this book are unknown to most people. This book documents the facts, many of which are still shrouded in secrecy, that reveal a worrying truth: we have teetered precariously on the brink of Armageddon far more frequently than the general public realizes.
Since that first and last atomic war in 1945, there have been a terrifying number of nuclear accidents and mishaps, ranging from careless or accidental to genuinely intentional and only narrowly averted. Despite the catastrophic nature of any nuclear conflict, we have come to the very borders of such a situation eight times since the 1960s. These were potential conflicts, but there have been other accidents, such as the reactor meltdown at the nuclear generating plant at Three Mile Island, Pennsylvania, in 1979, or the Palomares Incident in 1966, when a USAF B-52 bomber crashed after a mid-air collision, dropping four hydrogen bombs on Spanish soil.
Eve of Destruction is a warning from recent history. It is a call to sit up and listen and to take note of the very real danger of nuclear catastrophe. It is a timely and important book because, after all, the future of our planet concerns us all.
Weight: 306g
Dimension: 259 x 203 x 28 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781789464177
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