Deterring Armageddon: A Biography of NATO

by Peter Apps

480 pages, Paperback

Published June 24, 2025

About the author

Peter Apps lives in England, and Deja Vu To The Nth is his third novel. He wrote it because he still thinks people are pretty amazing even though Peter hasn’t met anyone who has built a space portal, but then again, he hasn’t looked in everyone’s garden shed either.

He was born on 1st January 1948 has lived in Sheerness, Kent for most of his life. The Isle of Sheppey where Sheerness is situated has a long, rich history which has always fascinated Peter. History might seem a far cry from Science Fiction but imagining life in a Roman settlement is imagining a world just as alien as a distant planet.

Although he worked in a series of routine jobs he likes to do his own thing when he can.

For example, all his computers are Microsoft free zones and prefers to use Linux. He has always had an interest in science, especially Astronomy. Now that planets have been discovered around other suns, he feels that the time is coming when we could discover intelligent life out there.
Other interests include classical music and jazz. He also likes to settle down in the evening to watch a good film while enjoying a nice glass of bitter or else visiting his local for a chat over a friendly drink.

Reviews

[David A]

Started off good. But the endless appearance of NATO on every page began to be very distracting. I enjoyed the era around Eisenhower and the crisis in Berlin and the Cuban Missile era. It ended up reading more like an actual diary of nato. On this day this meeting happened, on that day that meeting happened. Very little joining up of themes or the policy of NATO. Most shocking of all is the shocking editing of the book. Missing words in sentences, double words used. Very disappointing as a history of NATO.