Defcon One Author:Joe Weber In this prophetic novel, the world's two superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union are poised at the edge of Armageddon. Perestroika and glasnost have failed. The Soviet Union is economically desperate, fearful of being powerless internationally, and threatened by the military potential od SDI. From this base, Joe Webber plays the firs... more »t strike capabilities of one side against the other. For the Russians, a successful deployment of an American space-based anti-missile defense system must be avoided at all costs. The Soviet General Secretary, a conservative, old-line successor to Gorbechev, and his entire coterie have a plan whose aim is nothing less than the total defeat of the United States.« less