This Nevil Shute novel depicts the coming annihilation of the human race after a nuclear war
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annihilate the human race are actually necessary to perpetuate the species,... [DOC] [TLE] Chapter Four: The Long-Term Effects of Nuclear War [PAR] On occasion, even the jacket copy of a book will signal a nuclear war whereas 
the ... Few authors are willing to consider the end of the human race, and when 
they do, ....