I heard General Shireff on the Today programme this morning and my reaction then was that as we've survived some 30 years since General Sir John Hackett's "Third World War," predicated for 1985, then hopefully all will be well over this new book. That said, I would not be surprised if President Putin comes up with some scheme to test the water once we have a new US President, but I'd like to think that his self-interest will prevent him from doing anything too silly.