AN EXCITING, FACT-BASED NOVEL OF WORLD WAR III BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND THE SOVIET UNION, IN THE TRADITION OF RED STORM RISING AND THE THIRD WORLD WAR. From one of America's prominent naval historians comes this suspenseful novel about the war that nobody wanted and everyone planned for-the Third World War between the United States and the Soviet Union. Set in the year 1999, The War That Never Was is an insightful, gripping, fast-paced account of what happens when top political and military advisers from the United States and the Soviet Union meet to launch the ultimate war game: World War III between the greatest superpowers on Earth.