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One second after has already been cited on the floor of congress as a book. An electromagnetic pulse is set off over the united states and all electronic chips of any and every kind are rendered inoperative. After a nuclear holocaust obliterates the united states, life as we know it as come. A movie based upon the novel one second after by william forstchen would look a lot like red dawn, or cormac mccarthys the road or mel gibsons road warrior. It has been discussed in the corridors of the pentagon as a realistic look at emps and their awesome ability to send catastrophic shockwaves throughout the.
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