{"product_id":"six-minutes-to-winter-9781399410502","title":"Six Minutes to Winter : Nuclear War and How to Avoid It","description":"\u003cp\u003e‘Terrifying and timely ... a book everyone should read and heed’ - George Monbiot\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNuclear war is a far greater immediate threat to humanity's survival than climate change, yet we are in near-total denial. This book puts the issue back to the top of the global agenda.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe world is currently closer to superpower conflict than at any time since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. World War III is a real possibility, and with 12,000 warheads in the arsenals of more than half a dozen countries, we are standing on a nuclear knife edge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDespite receiving very little attention, nuclear war is a far greater threat to humanity's immediate survival than climate change. While climate heating threatens humanity over many decades, nuclear war could destroy civilisation in just a few hours. A major missile exchange would mean months of near-total darkness, followed by a decade-long global nuclear winter that would destroy most life on Earth. Virtually everyone would starve in the resulting worldwide famine, and there would be no reliable refuge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe are sleepwalking to Armageddon. There are no mass marches, no COPs, no nuclear Greta. But the climate experience teaches us that ignoring a problem is no solution, and that a worldwide mobilisation can work. Six Minutes to Winter presents an unflinching view of the nuclear nightmare, but also describes how weapons can be taken off hair-trigger alert and ultimately abolished altogether. If human civilisation is to survive long term, we have no alternative.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Mark Lynas\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eArms negotiation \u0026amp; control, Nuclear weapons, Popular science, Climate change, Nuclear issues\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 16 Jul 2026 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Mark Lynas","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57322317087098,"sku":"9781399410502","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0373\/4125\/files\/9781399410502.jpg?v=1790687191","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.co.uk\/products\/six-minutes-to-winter-9781399410502","provider":"Belfast Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}