{"product_id":"wwiii-9780345470416","title":"Wwiii","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom Japan to Malaysia, the Pacific Rim is ablaze--in a hell called . . . WORLD WAR III\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Superior to the Tom Clancy genre, with characters that came alive . . . and the military aspect far more realistic.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Spectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn the Pacific--\u003c\/b\u003eOff Korea's east coast, 185 miles south of the DMZ, six Russian-made TU-22M Backfires come in low, traveling at Mach .9. Each carries two seven-hundred-pound cluster bombs, three one-thousand-pound \"iron\" or high-explosive bombs, ten one-thousand-pound concrete-piercing bombs, and fifty two-hundred-pound FAEs (fuel air explosives, closely related to Napalm). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn Europe--\u003c\/b\u003eTwenty Soviet Warsaw Pact infantry divisions and four thousand tanks begin to move. They are preceded by hundreds of strike aircraft: SU-24\/Fencers for ground support and MiG-29s with air-to-air Alamo and antiradiation, antiradar air-to-surface missiles, with Russian NR-30 mm tank-destroying cannon. All are pointed toward the Fulda Gap. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSo it begins . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIan Slater\u003c\/b\u003e, a veteran of the Australian Joint Intelligence Bureau, is the author of the World War III novels. He teaches political science at the University of British Columbia and is managing editor of \u003ci\u003ePacific Affairs\u003c\/i\u003e. Slater lives in Vancouver, Canada, with his wife and two children.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Fawcett Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50923149525266,"sku":"9780345470416","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a8cc63dc-f591-4312-bb24-b9d16f352a60.jpg?v=1738944999","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/wwiii-9780345470416","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}