{"product_id":"malensek-scott-black-rain-for-christmas-9798869322500","title":"BLACK RAIN FOR  CHRISTMAS","description":"After 50 years of the Cold War and 25 years of the War on Terror, the world hoped for peace and prosperity but instead faced crisis after crisis: genocides in Iraq, Somalia, Rwanda, Congo, and the former Yugoslavia. Meanwhile, global militaries shrank as nations pursued a \"peace dividend,\" relying instead on technology to act as force multipliers stealth bombers, advanced tanks, and digital systems that made small forces devastatingly effective.Yet history echoed Plato's warning: \"Only the dead have seen the end of war.\" Every collapsed regime and ignored genocide was a signal of how quickly the world could spiral into total conflict. After 9\/11, counterterrorism czar Richard Clarke told the commission America failed due to \"a failure of imagination.\"Black Rain for Christmas, written in 1992, imagines how a small international crisis could spark a third world war. Told through news reports, letters, and narrative, the novel explores how 21st-century technologies might both empower and endanger modern militaries. Decades later, its predictions are familiar. It's a haunting reminder: when mankind stares too long into the abyss, the abyss just might stare back.","brand":"Bellevue Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53740701614422,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.momoxbooks.com\/products\/malensek-scott-black-rain-for-christmas-9798869322500","provider":"momoxbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}