audiobook The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Book 18 Svargarohanika Parva by Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa in History

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Thirty-five years ago; Sir John Hackett published The Third World War; which speculated how WW3 might start and how it would be fought. Since it is now fashionable to call WW3 the Cold War; the time is right to publish a book about WW4; how it might start and most likely be fought.War planners must envision the unexpected and plan for the improbable; and the 20th century’s theories of total war are going to be rendered obsolete by the 21st century’s nuclear-enforced concept of limited war. In the future; with mutual acceptance of national survival in place; Mutually Assured Survival (MAS) wars will be waged between nuclear powers without introducing nuclear weapons.This is the possible future in nine scenarios:The Post-NATO War: It will begin between allies; not enemies; in seemingly unconnected events.The Great Russian War: Russia will seek to reverse its loss of empire through its version of Manifest Destiny.The Great China War: By embracing capitalism in an authoritarian command-control economy; China supplanted communism with a form of expansionist fascism.The Chinese Civil War: Chinese fascism will become a victim of rising expectations and diminishing realities.The Polar War: Another resource rush is on; and as 500 years ago; a treaty allocating sovereignty was made to be broken.The Blue Gold War: Diminishing fresh water will spawn conflicts of desperation.The Lunar War: The Moon will come to be coveted as the only permanent low-gravity satellite.The Nuclear Terrorist War: As the Taliban; al Qaeda; and ISIS terrorists inch closer in connection and proximity to sympathetic extremists in Pakistan; that nation’s nuclear arsenal is increasingly likely to fall into their hands.The Commerce; Currency; and Cyber War: With globalization; government-sanctioned predatory trade practices; cyber-based industrial espionage; currency manipulation; and other financially provocative actions will lead to war.Human folly is the great imponderable. Yet; does folly upset the calm or is the storm the natural state in the sea of humanity? Either way; folly or nature ensures a future filled with conflict.