Secret History of World War 3, the (1988) [Short Story]
by J. G. Ballard
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Summary
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'The Second History of World War 3' describes a third term for Ronald Reagan, in which nuclear exchanges are presented to the television-watching populace as a series of medical reports on the elderly - possibly dead - President's state of health.
Published in Ambit #114, 1988. Reprinted in:
- Orbit Science Fiction Yearbook Two, ed. David Garnett, Orbit 1989
- The Atrocity Exhibition, Re/Search Publications 1990
- War Fever (1990)
Original title: The Secret History of World War 3
Original languages:
English
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Genre: Fiction→ Science Fiction→ World Versions→ Alternate Histories
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