Richard Laymon Same Vein

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Date of Release: May 2002

Publisher: MBI

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THE DOOMSDAY SCENARIO by L. Douglas Keeney

"Doomsday Scenario" isn't a great work of historical writing, however, it is an explanation of a most important government document. It is the "official" prediction of what might have occurred if the United States and the Soviet Union engaged in full-scale thermonuclear war. The actual document, "The Revision of Emergency Plans Book", which remained secret for over forty years, no doubt, guided the policy making of presidents from Eisenhower to Reagan so it should be read.

If it wasn't for the commentary by the authors, it would be extremely turgid with all of its passive sentences. But this is how the military writes its scenarios. It's fascinating to read how the military from the extensive above-ground atomic tests found out how it was nearly impossible to decontaminate military installations and naval vessels. Other observations seem to indicate that the US Government had no feasible way of recovering from World War III.

The book, slim as it is, does show in pictures the effects of nuclear bombs on civilians and civilian structures. The authors do point out that nuclear bombs aren't supernaturally fatal and that they have recognized limitations. The authors also point out similarities to World War III and the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center.

"Doomsday Scenario" is a important, if scary, piece of American History.

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