Traces the history of government collusion with the arms industry, focusing on how George W. Bush's administration is entering into a dangerous alliance with weapons firms.
After an accidental nuclear explosion off the coast of California, Philip searches for his family through a heavily militarized and devastated Los Angeles.
In Los Angeles in the year 2108, a rediscovery expedition from New Zealand is trying to make sense of what is left after the planet is almost completely destroyed by a nuclear holocaust.
Traces the development of nuclear weapons from 1945 to the present and examines the arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union, the likely results of nuclear warfare, and the progress of arms control and disarmament.