| Facing the Flag Contributor(s): Verne, Jules (Author) |
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ISBN: 1539619753 ISBN-13: 9781539619758 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $8.54 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism - History - Literary Collections |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.35" H x 6" W x 9" (0.50 lbs) 164 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Facing the Flag or For the Flag is an 1896 patriotic novel by Jules Verne. The book is part of the Voyages Extraordinaires. Like The Begum's Millions, which Verne published in 1879, it has the theme of France and the entire world threatened by a super-weapon with the threat finally overcome through the force of French patriotism. It can be considered one of the first books dealing with problems which were to become paramount half a century after its publication in World War II and the Cold War: brilliant scientists discovering new weapons of great destructive power, whose full utilization might literally destroy the world; the competition between superpowers to obtain overwhelming stockpiles of such weapons; and, efforts of other nations to join the nuclear club. |
