The issue of World War III is clearly of concern to the United States, which has a penchant for paranoia, every generation its own.
However, with such a fractured nation, the threat comes from foreign and domestic enemies.
The biggest danger is not necessarily nuclear exchange, but the disturbing changes societies go through when conflict inspires mass fear.
Totalitarianism is much easier to institute during such a war.
Freedom of speech is often suppressed and criticism of the government is usually criminalized.
In the case of the US, armed revolution in many states is a certainty.
Real public planning should focus far more on these eventualities and less on Hollywood images of the Apocalypse.
Tonight on Ground Zero (7-10 pm, pacific time) Clyde Lewis talks about WORLD WAR III – BELLING THE CAT.