Instruct: Classify a review as either positive or negative.
Query: Enjoyable but decidedly controversial

Few people will likely read this book today, as it is firmly rooted in the cold war age. But I would still recomend it, as a peek into the mindset of many who lived through the nuclear terrors of the 1970's and 80's. Mr. Calder's book describes the nuclear state of the world around 1980, and how near we came to conflict. His writes well, and has no difficulty keeping the reader's attention. But I found many of his opinions to be as dangerous as war itself. At one point he criticizes the American Congress for refusing to make surrender plans! Apparently he was prepared to give up before a fight even started. I liked his book, but believe he knows much more about science, his field, than politics or military history.