{"product_id":"minutes-to-midnight-the-politics-wayne-j-gombar-9798294840532","title":"\"Minutes to Midnight\" The Politics and Geopolitics of Nuclear War.","description":"\u003cb\u003eWhat happens when the countdown never stops?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSince the first atomic flash illuminated the New Mexico desert, humanity has lived in the long shadow of its own ingenuity. \u003ci\u003eMinutes to Midnight\u003c\/i\u003e is a sobering, panoramic journey through the politics, science, and strategy that have brought the world repeatedly to the brink of annihilation and sometimes pulled it back just in time.\u003cbr\u003eIn thirty riveting chapters, Wayne J. Gombar explores the history and future of nuclear weapons: from Hiroshima to hypersonic, from Cold War doctrine to 21st-century cyber threats. Drawing on military archives, international treaties, and firsthand accounts, this book examines the fragile dance of deterrence, the failures of arms control, and the human errors that nearly ignited global catastrophe.\u003cbr\u003eAs the Doomsday Clock ticks closer to midnight than ever before, \u003ci\u003eMinutes to Midnight\u003c\/i\u003e poses urgent questions: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCan deterrence hold in a multipolar, AI-driven world?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat happens when rogue states-or rogue actors-disrupt the balance?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAre we more vulnerable now than at any time in history?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eMeticulously researched and powerfully written, this book is a call to awareness, a chronicle of close calls, and a demand for change. Because survival is not automatic, it is a choice. And the hands of the clock are still moving.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe future is unwritten. But time is running out.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor Bio\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWayne J. Gombar\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer, researcher, and national security professional with a deep background in defense policy, homeland security, and military history. His work blends analytical rigor with storytelling to illuminate complex issues of war, power, and survival. A passionate advocate for informed public discourse, Gombar writes with urgency and insight about the global challenges that define our era.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMinutes to Midnight\u003c\/i\u003e is the culmination of years of study into the nuclear enterprise, its history, its myths, and its dangerously unfinished future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Wayne J. Gombar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798294840532\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/29\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 410\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.84d","brand":"Wayne J. Gombar","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997119820031,"sku":"9798294840532","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/minutes-to-midnight-the-politics-wayne-j-gombar-9798294840532","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}