Red Alert

Every minute of every hour of every daythere are American Bombers in the airloaded with nuclear weaponsready to fly into action at the mere spark of the right radio sign al.These are the planes of the Strategic Air Command. What happens once that signal flashes is described vividly in this tensely dramatic novel. The command came to the men of the 843rd Winghigh in the air near the Russian border. Asking no questionsobeying their standing ordersthey headed straight towards their assigned targets. Had America already been attacked?Or was it the action of a single determined generaland unauthorized by the pentagon and the president? RED ALERT is the story of the two tensest hours in human history.