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When War Comes Hardcover – January, 1972

by Martin Caidin (Author)

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Hardcover
Publisher: William Morrow (January 1972)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0688001114
ISBN-13: 978-0688001117
Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.7 x 0.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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A good, if terrifying, read

By Kenneth Kavula on August 19, 2014

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This book was published in 1972 and as such is a snapshot of the time in which it was written, but its message rings true even today. Caidin was no stranger to matters military, he wrote quite a few books on subjects related to the military, particularly aviation, so he was by no means anti-war. When War Comes makes his thoughts on the essential stupidity and futility of nuclear war clearly apparent with a skillful blend of fictional incidents and factual reporting from within the military's nuclear establishment, much of which is quite disturbing. The book is a stark reply to the 'nuclear war is survivable and winnable' crowd. Dated though it may be, nothing in it is beyond the technology of nuclear weapons, then or now. It stands as a most interesting comparison with one of Caidin's earlier works, The Long Night, which was published in 1956. Written before the advent of ICBMs and the minaturization of high-yield theromonuclear weapons, that book is a fictional account of a nuclear attack on the US in which nuclear war is portrayed as terrifying but survivable. In contrasting the two books, it is clear that Caidin changed his mind somewhere between the two. I strongly recommend both books for those interested in nuclear warfare, I promise a good read in both cases and a definite learning experience.

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A rare view of the other side's point of view

By Greybeard on September 21, 2013

Format: Hardcover

When this book first came out, decades ago, the Cold War was in full swing and society seemed to be unalterably split into two groups of people: Raving militarists and strident pacifists. Martin Caidin's credentials seemed to put him firmly in the former camp. He had a large body of writings that leaned toward fawning over military aircraft and the men (at the time, just men) who flew them. His name was clearly identifiable as a military-friendly personage of some distinction and renown. So when I picked up his (unusually slender, for him) book "When War Comes" around 1973 I was expecting more of the same thing. Instead I got a splash of cold water. In its relatively few pages this book presented the appalling possibilities of nuclear war in a way that connected with what was in my head at the time, and suddenly it was clear to me that the "other side" had some good points. It takes a rare talent to open eyes like that; we could use a bit of this same balanced journalism today. I had the opportunity to talk to Caidin about this book once, many years ago, and I asked him why it was so short. He laughed and said that back in those days he had a security clearance and had to submit everything he wrote to the military for approval; they gutted a large part of his draft, leaving just what ended up between these two covers. We live in a massively different world today; it would be interesting to find the original manuscript and see if it could be released today.