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The Third World War: The Untold Story

by John W. Hackett

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This book imagines a conflict that never took place: a third world war said to begin in August 1985. Its battles pit the military forces of NATO against those of the Warsaw Pact, the two rival alliances that faced each other across Europe during the Cold War. Presented as a story of events supposedly kept from the public, the account follows an invented chain of clashes and their consequences. For readers interested in military strategy and the tense standoff between East and West, it offers a speculative look at how a war between the two blocs might have unfolded.

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1980s1980sMore like thisLess of this
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adult

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