Excerpt from Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature, 1915-1918, Vol. 4: Cumulated an Author and Subject Index to 104 Periodicals and Reports European war fill 96 pages and it is impossible to estimate the references touching less directly on the subject. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature (Cumulated), 1915-1918, Vol. 4: An Author and Subject Index to 104 Periodicals and Reports His fourth cumulation'of the readers' guide includes a period of four years instead of five, a change of plan which has met with general approval. The present volume, covering as it does the years 1915-1918, is almost coincident with the European war period, and except for eleven pages in volume III, includes references to all the contemporary periodical literature of the war published in the magazines indexed by the guide. The entries in Volume IV under the heading European war fill 96 pages and it is impossible to estimate the references touching less directly on the subject. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

It was the weapon to end all weapons: the doomsday device. A huge nuclear bomb so powerful that it could envelop the entire planet in a cloud of radioactive dust, and bring about instant extinction. This is the untold story of the Cold War’s most insane plan, the men behind it and how it nearly happened. It is also the history of humanity’s nightmare vision of a superweapon, showing how popular culture, from the stories of H. G. Wells and Jules Verne to films such as Planet of the Apes, Mad Max and Dr Strangelove itself have both shaped and reflected our darkest dreams.