SAC ATTACK!: Every minute of every hour of every day, there are American bombers in the air, loaded with H-bombs, ready to fly into action at the mere spark of the right radio signal. These are the planes and the men of the Strategic Air Command. What happens once that signal flashes is described vividly in this tensly dramatic novel. The command came to the men of the 843rd Wing, high in the air near the Soviet border. Asking no questions, obeying their standing orders, they headed straight towards their assigned targets. Had America already been attacked? Or was it the action of a single determined general, and unauthorized by the Pentagon and the president? RED ALERT is the story of the two tensest hours in human history. Is the basis for the Stanley Kubrick film, "Dr. Strangelove: Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb." Not to be confused with the later screenplay/novel by Peter George and Stanley Kubrick. This story is very different from that book and the film.