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World War 3 (fülszöveg)

 

Because the victors of 1918 failed to take action against a fast-rearming Nazi Germany, Winston Churchill called World War 2 'the unnecessary war'. But according to Lenin's prophesy of over 55 years ago, World War 3 may well qualify for the title of 'the inevitable war' :

'As long as capitalism and Socialism remain, we cannot live in peace. In the end one or other will triumph – a funeral requiem will be sung either over the Soviet Republic or over world capitalism.'

Memories of Hiroshima, plus the wide-spread acquisition of nuclear weapons by the leading world powers, have made the idea of another global war as unthinkable as it is terrifying. Elaborate steps have been taken by the superpowers to avoid the accidental outbreak of a nuclear holocaust. Yet at the same time the Soviet bloc has built up a massive superiority in conventional weapons, while repeated cuts in Western defence spending are only increasing NATOs reliance on the nuclear deterrent.

These are the ominous facts behind this unique study of the shadow under which the world has lived since 1945. Shelford Bidwell and his team of experts in diplomatic, strategic and military studies have constructed a balanced analysis of the international military line-up on land, sea and in the air. Part I of the book covers the military balance and tensions of today. Part II, extending the trends already in existence, looks into the future to imagine how World War 3 could well break out, and what course it would actually take.

Each superpower knows how far it can go in pressurizing the other while stopping short of intolerable provocation. But even so the ever-growing military imbalance between East and West could well be our last signpost on the road to Armageddon.

 

World War 3

 


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