- The Jesus Factor (novel)
The Jesus Factor is a 1970
conspiracy theory thriller novel byEdwin Corley based on the events surrounding theManhattan Project and the bombing ofHiroshima and Nagasaki. It explores issues relating to thearms race and the collective guilt of those involved with the bombings. ["The Novels of World War II: An Annotated Bibliography", Desmond Taylor and Philip E. Hager, Garland, 1993, ISBN:0824056841]Its premise is the discovery during the development of
nuclear weapon s that they only detonate if stationary in agravitational field , making their use as air-dropped bombs impossible. In the novel, theWorld War II nuclear attacks are simulated using aeroplane-mountedmagnesium flares and dispersedradionuclide s, taking advantage of the destruction caused by anearthquake . An international conspiracy hides this fact in the interest of maintaining nuclear deterrence.The story concerns events when this status quo is threatened by one of the original bombardiers, who discovers the conspiracy while running for US president on a
nuclear disarmament manifesto.References
* [http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/nuclear/c.htm Nuclear Holocausts Bibliography: C] , "Nuclear Holocausts: Atomic War in Fiction", Paul Brians, Professor of English, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington (retrieved 3 July 2008).
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