: It examines the limits of intelligence, the dangers of political ineptitude, and the technical verisimilitude of nuclear weaponry—including a famous, detailed description of a nuclear "fizzle". The Film Adaptation (2002)
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Published just before the collapse of the Soviet Union, the novel explores the fragile peace of the post-Cold War era. : It examines the limits of intelligence, the
: A lost Israeli nuclear weapon from the 1973 Yom Kippur War is recovered by a disparate group of terrorists (including Arab nationalists and East German Marxists). : The terrorists refurbish the weapon into a
: The terrorists refurbish the weapon into a thermonuclear device and detonate it during the Super Bowl in Denver, Colorado.
The title itself refers to the "summing" of various geopolitical and personal anxieties—chiefly the threat of mutually assured destruction —that could lead to global catastrophe.
