Written in 1978, Hackett's account of a hypothetical Third World War erupting in 1985 is a work of prescient fiction. It's depiction is both eerie and unnerving in light of recent revelations of the world narrowly avoiding a general war in Europe during the mid 1980s.
In 1978 the U.S.A. is still dancing disco to Donna Summer, enjoying "Star Wars" and its spin-offs, and souring on Jimmy Carter. As a nation it is not ready to face the realities of Soviet aggression and expansionism, ....but in two short years would elect Ronald Reagan into the White House, ushering in an administration ready and willing to stand-up to the USSR. With Margaret Thatcher in the United Kingdom, the U.S.A. and the U.K. embarked on rearmament not too far off from what General Sir John Hackett describes in "The Third World War: August 1985". (Amazon Review)
In 1978 the U.S.A. is still dancing disco to Donna Summer, enjoying "Star Wars" and its spin-offs, and souring on Jimmy Carter. As a nation it is not ready to face the realities of Soviet aggression and expansionism, ....but in two short years would elect Ronald Reagan into the White House, ushering in an administration ready and willing to stand-up to the USSR. With Margaret Thatcher in the United Kingdom, the U.S.A. and the U.K. embarked on rearmament not too far off from what General Sir John Hackett describes in "The Third World War: August 1985". (Amazon Review)