Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety

by Eric Schlosser

Perhaps the most influential bestseller of the year was The Third World War: August 1985, a novel written by a retired British officer, General Sir John Hackett. It offered a compelling, realistic account of a full-scale war between NATO and the Soviet bloc.

It's kind of sweet and adorable that this is what he thought of as a full scale war.