{"product_id":"9781589634985","title":"Facing the Flag","description":"\u003cp\u003eFacing the Flag or For the Flag (French: Face au drapeau) is an 1896 patriotic novel by Jules Verne. The book is part of the Voyages extraordinaires series.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike The Begum's Millions, which Verne published in 1879, it has the theme of France and the entire world threatened by a super-weapon with the threat finally overcome through the force of French patriotism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt can be considered one of the first books dealing with problems which were to become paramount half a century after its publication in World War II and the Cold War: brilliant scientists discovering new weapons of great destructive power, whose full utilization might literally destroy the world; the competition between superpowers to obtain overwhelming stockpiles of such weapons; and, efforts of other nations to join the nuclear club. (wikipedia.org)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fredonia Books (NL)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46375278412017,"sku":"9781589634985","price":14.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9781589634985_p0.jpg?v=1765767649","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781589634985","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}