The world set free

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"Building on the recent discovery that "the atom, that once we thought hard and impenetrable, and indivisible and final and - lifeless - lifeless, is really a reservoir of immense energy," Wells conjures a 1950s England in which clean, efficient atomic engines have transformed life for the better. Alas, a world war breaks out, in which atomic bombs wipe out the world's great cities. Worldwide civilization is on the brink of collapse, when a conference of enlightened monarchs, presidents, powerful journalists, and scientists gathers in order to establish a peaceful one-world order. When one Kissinger-like figure begins to strategize about maintaining national autonomy and monarchical authority within this utopian world government, another character shuts him up with one word: "BANG!""--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

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1 online resource.

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English

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9780262368674

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Imaginary wars and battles
Nuclear warfare

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Statement of Responsibility

H.G. Wells ; introduction by Sarah Cole ; afterword by Joshua Glenn.

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