THE FINAL BATTLE<br >American Marines and special forces troops are monitoring<br >the decommissioning of three nuclear warheads in the<br >Ukraine. But instead of sending the three missiles to the junk<br >heap， the Russian military officer in charge orders his own<br >troops to open fire on the international observers and hijacks<br >the warheads.<br > In the U.S.， millions of Americans are glued to their<br >television sets keeping up with this hyper-drama that could very<br >easily lead to World War Ill. But， thankfully， it s not CNN they re<br >watching. It s the network premiere of"Tom Clancy s Op Centet，"<br >a thrilling February 1995 miniseries that showed in graphic and<br >riveting detail just how quickly and easily this international aura<br >of peace could deteriorate into a global nightmare.<br > The TV show ended happily， with the American military<br >recapturing the warheads. But at least one real-life incident<br >like it has not. You may not have read about it in your daily<br >newspapers， but three nuclear warheads from the old Soviet<br >Union did indeed find their way into the hands of the<br >Islamic extremist nation of Iran. How long will it be before<br >the Islamic bomb is used? When can we expect the first<br >extortion threat to be made? The clock is ticking--and this<br >is no prime-time entertainment production.<br >The Old 8ook That Now Looks Familiar<br > When The Late Great Planet Earth was released<br >twenty-five years ago， it reawakened interest in and<br >ntroduction<br >popularized the subject of Bible prophecy like no other<br >book before or since. I was stunned by its success， as were<br >many other long time students of prophecy. Why was it so<br >successful? How did it reach tens of millions of people the<br >world over， in some fifty-four languages? What was it about<br >that book that touched the hearts and minds of so many?<br >Well， for one thing， it jolted religious and non-religious<br >people alike out of a sense of complacency and into a<br >realization of how little time we have left--any of us， young<br >or old， rich or poor.<br > That book was particularly effective at reaching younger<br >people， who traditionally didn t think about their own<br >mortality and destiny. The Late Great Planet Earth frankly<br >shocked a whole generation into thinking about the possible<br >end of civilization as we know it.<br > The book you are about to read has the same kind of<br >power--the same punch. It will provoke you by the sheer<br >weight of facts that are fitting into a scenario written by the<br >Hebrew prophets hundreds of years ago. After you read this<br >book， you will not be able to think about international<br >relations in quite the same way again. You will not be able to<br > stop thinking about what lies ahead for the world--perhaps<br >just a few short years away. This book describes in more<br > detail and explicitness than any other just what will happen<br > to humanity and to the Earth， not a thousand years from now，<br > but in our lifetime--indeed in this very generation.<br >There Is Hope If...<br > Some of it is not a pretty picture. I wish I could offer<br >you some light and entertaining reading. This is not it. If<br >you re looking for what the media call "escapist"<br >entertainment， this doesn t fit the bill. However， despite its<br >focus on the darkest hours of man s inhumanity to man， it<br >