The Third World War: A Terrifying Novel of Global Conflict

The opening stages of the Third World War are more confusing and terrible than those of any war in history. Hundreds die in the Indian Parliament in Delhi.
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More than 40 characters! Lost track of them and just kept skimming through 2.

Too many protagonists and too many antagonists 3. Linear narrative is tiring and monotonous 4. Few hooks were well- placed but majority of them were predictable and repetitive 5. Choice of colour for cover could have been better. All characters seem to be knowing each other personally and the tension build-up between them looks forced just to prove the point of the context and scene 7. Technical terms and history wel 1.

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Technical terms and history well-researched but stuffed more than adequately. Read like a military reference book with dummy characters Jan 14, Tushar rated it did not like it. One needs much larger scenario for a third world war. Was never sure of it when picked it up randomly. India threatening USA, weird secret operations.

No mention of middle east, economic impacts, just a vivid description. It seems as if its a theatre play with presidents and prime ministers playing. Feb 09, Bec Pearce rated it it was amazing.

This was recommended to me by someone at work. I thought he was crazy as it sounded exactly the opposite of my cup of tea, but I gave it a go. My good and shiny lord this book is terrifying.

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Based in a near future, the speed with which events escalate horrifies, and can't be looked away from. All the way through you have hope that things will change That they can change Jan 08, Kym Robinson rated it liked it Shelves: This is another fun Hawksley read.

He has an easy to enjoy writing style and he manages to create characters that are often more interesting than the events developing around them. It has its strengths and certainly its weaker points. If you enjoy alternative history-future military fiction then I do recommend this book and the others in the Hawksley universe of work. Jul 08, Praveen rated it really liked it.

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This is a fast paced, dramatic thriller sometimes bordering on being incredulous! And yeah, why do Humphrey Hawksley's books always seem to end up with a few indian cities being nuked?! It happened in dragon fire as well, definitely not acceptable and i don't think the world leaders will ever stand by and look on if that happens: But yeah, a must read!

At last For those of you that are tired of psychopaths, twisted malice and impossible feats of insight and wound healing here is a story, well told, about a plausible war stumbled into by plausible people. The tale is so realistic and rich in detail it will not leave you even after you have finished reading. As fun as Clancy or Crichton. I really enjoyed this book.

For a journalist, Hawksley is superb at character interaction and emotionally-tinged descriptions. There were thankfully not many instances of outdated historical context, since this was written in the early 's but after the War on Terror had started. Very plausible, which made the book much more enjoyable to read. Jun 26, Srujan Mora rated it really liked it.

Terrifying, appears everything told in this can happen any day in this unstable world. Apr 10, Arka rated it it was amazing. Packs international relations, foreign affairs, massive action and the winning human spirit in a mind-boggling picture of an alternate future. Or is it an imminent one? Humphrey Hawksley finished off the third book in style with all the big countries firing nuclear missiles at each other.

Mar 31, Mathan rated it it was ok. Interesting as India figures in as a good guy. Cam Morrow rated it really liked it Feb 15, Greg rated it really liked it Nov 22, Bewilbur rated it really liked it May 25, Kunal rated it really liked it Feb 04, Shri Raj rated it liked it Mar 30, Dale Goldsby rated it liked it Aug 02, Flying rated it liked it Oct 04, Xavier Alexandre rated it liked it Sep 03, Bon skin rated it it was ok May 11, Michael Byock rated it really liked it May 07, Peter rated it really liked it May 13, Dipin rated it really liked it Mar 08, There are no discussion topics on this book yet.

Humphrey Hawksley is a journalist and an author who has been a foreign correspondent for the BBC since the early s. Hawksley was educated at the Junior and Senior schools of St.

Lawrence College, an independent school for boys now co-educational , in the coastal seaside town of Ramsgate in Kent, in south east England. After school, Hawksley joined the Merchant Navy, and sailed across the world. Russia and China expresses their desire to stay out of the conflict while at the same time China warning United States that North Korea and Pakistan which they consider allies are not to be interfered with.

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Japan now headed by a nationalist leader and not happy with the US response to the missile attack on Japan threatens to withdraw from the mutual defense treaty with the US and develop nuclear weapons for itself. Threatened with an invasion from the North South Korea also toys with the idea of going nuclear.

An Islamic cleric with his own agenda also conspires with North Korea and Pakistan to precipitate this crisis. In face of the rapidly escalating crisis of seemingly unconnected events confusion and indecision reigns supreme in the situation room of the US administration and in talks between the various major powers with no co-ordinated actions taken against the escalating threats. The connections between the various characters also becomes evident. The North Koreans successfully weaponize the new Virus obtained from Australia and as a demonstration of their capability launches a missile to the middle of the Ocean where the US detects the presence of the biological agent.

Japan conducts an underground nuclear test and gate crashes the nuclear weapons club. In the seemingly monolithic Chinese leadership cracks becomes visible as differences surface between the pacifist president and the more militaristic party leadership and the Military Commission. United States also discovers presence of Chinese Nuclear missiles in Cuba. For reasons not very clearly defined the Pakistani military leadership decides on a pre-emptive nuclear strike against India.

The choice of delivery is a fighter bomber whose pilot drops the bomb on the Pakistani nuclear complex instead. Pakistan launches a nuclear attack against India which destroys New Delhi. The invasion is unsuccessful as Pakistan launches 6 nuclear missiles and India retaliates with a massive nuclear strike which completely destroys Pakistan. United Kingdom in collaboration with US strikes North Korea with the intend of destroying all the underground bunkers, but fails to neutralize the North Korean leadership.

New York is hit by a suicide bomber who has infected himself with the new engineered virus and prior to detonating himself spreads the virus from aerosol containers. The first report of infected people starts to appear within 24 hrs of the attack. Once the initial shots have been fired the crisis quickly spins out of control with retaliatory nuclear strikes by North Korea and Japan, an unsuccessful intercept of Nuclear missiles launched at the US, a power shift in China and both China and Russia entering the war and resulting in a worldwide Armageddon.

In the Epilogue it is suggested that all the formal governments in the countries has been destroyed and the leadership hunkered in underground bunkers with the world still officially at war. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Retrieved 15 January A Terrifying Novel of Global Conflict".