The destruction of a Russian air base by robotic U.S. warplanes has reawakened the bear--and America must pay a terrible price. In retaliation, Russia's leader launches the most devastating military sneak attack since Pearl Harbor, decimating America's strategic air forces. Now an embattled U.S. president must choose between two horrific scenarios: a cease-fire on the enemy's terms--or respond with every weapon in the nation's arsenal, possibly triggering global thermonuclear war"--Back cover.