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Credible. Tense. Terrifying.




 

 

 

 

 

 

Too close to the bone to laugh away

THE THIRD WORLD WAR tells the story of four world leaders pitted against the raw power of failing states. A Russian president who needs to rein in his ambitious generals;  an Indian prime minister experienced in the lethal consequences of the wrong decision; a Chinese president faced with competing forces within his country; and, in the White House, a man who tries to make peace with those who only want catastrophe.

Flashpoint One - Pakistan

Flashpoint Two - North Korea

The opening stages of the Third World War are more confusing and terrible than those in any war in history. A terror attack on the Indian parliament kills hundreds. Hours later a North Korean missile hits a US military base in Japan. As the next few days unfold, those once counted as allies become enemies, and the comfortable lives of citizens in modern societies verge of physical and emotional collapse.

Ultimately, four men pitted against each other because of events they fail to control.

The global reality of our time

"A superior-minded thriller based on recent history that maps out a possible, terrifying future and makes into plausible fiction the global political realities of our time." - Kirkus

"Hawksley's nightmare scenario focuses on the repercussions of wrong decisions." - Japan Times

"A gripping thriller. the attention to detail is amazing." - Business Times

"His highly realistic appraisal of international relations makes this imaginary story of future tragedy all too credible." Taipei Times

"Hawksley builds a scenario that is every strategic analyst's worst nightmare." - India Today

"Chillingly plausible. It all makes me feel nostalgic for the simple antagonism of the Cold War." - Mail-on-Sunday

 




 

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Humphrey Hawksley

Humphrey Hawksley is a leading BBC foreign correspondent, author and commentator on world affairs. For more than twenty years he has reported on key trends, events and conflicts from all over the world.

Contact: hh@humphreyhawksley.com

UPCOMING EVENTS

Tuesday, December 20th 2011
Bookshop Barnie Xmas Bash Balloon Debate
What is the best book in the world?

6:00pm for drinks and a 6:30 kick-off [New Time!]
The Gallery, Foyles, Charing Cross Road, London

Speakers include:
Shiv Malik (investigative journalist, co-author, Jilted Generation) on Norman Mailer's "Miami and the Siege of Chicago: An Informal History of the Republican and Democratic Conventions of 1968";
Humphrey Hawksley (BBC foreign correspondent) on Voltaire's "Candide";
Jeremy Myerson (director, Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design and founder, Design Week) on TBA;
John Fitzpatrick OBE (director, Kent Law Clinic) on "The Selected Works of WB Yeats";
Nicolette Jones (literary critic, Sunday Times) on George Eliot's "Middlemarch";
and
Cosmo Landesman (film critic, Sunday Times) on.. er.. his own book, "Starstruck: Fame, Failure, My Family and Me"


Wednesday, February 8th 2012 at 7:00pm
Royal Society for Asian Affairs
The Freedom Factor: What Do We Want and How Do We Get It? - Humphrey Hawksley
Society of Chemical Industry
14 Belgrave Square, London, SW1X 8PS

 

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