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Paul Johnstone, padre della saggista e scrittrice Diana, dopo gli studi compiuti in Europa viene chiamato a far parte di un think tank del governo Roosevelt in pieno New Deal. Durante la Seconda guerra mondiale opera nell'intelligence in Asia e dopo il conflitto farà parte per due decenni di un gruppo di analisti del Pentagono al più alto livello. Partecipa alle analisi e alle pianificazioni di attacchi nucleari aerei con calcolo delle percent...

A detailed account of man's use of inland and ocean-going craft from the earliest times until the dawn of history, using new archaeological research. All forms of evidence are assessed, from the vessels of ancient Egypt to the Chinese junk.

The nautical dimension of prehistory has not so far received the attention it deserves. It is also too often assumed that early man was land bound, yet this is demonstrably not the case. Recent research has shown that man travelled and tracked over greater distances and at a much earlier date than has previously been thought possible. Some of these facts can be explained only by man's mastery of water transport from earliest times. This book, ...

This deathbed memoir by Dr. Paul H. Johnstone, former senior analyst in the Strategic Weapons Evaluation Group (WSEG) in the Pentagon and a co-author of The Pentagon Papers, provides an authoritative analysis of the implications of nuclear war that remain insurmountable today. Indeed, such research has been kept largely secret, with the intention "not to alarm the public" about what was being cooked up. This is the story of how U.S. strategic ...