MAH REVIEW LET ME SHOW YOU IT

Ah! I found it.

Keep in mind I wrote this back in 1995 (5/4/1995, from the datestamp on the file), so it's probably not as good as it might be.

_WHAT TO DO WHEN THE RUSSIANS COME_
by Robert Conquest and Jon Manchip White

Subtitled "A Survivor's Guide", this book (written in 1984) supposedly shows how the Evil Soviet Bloc will "soon" engulf the Free World, and what you can expect and must "plan" for. HOW this would be accomplished is dismissed in a few paragraphs (a limited nuclear strike or just plain wussing out on America's part are the most likely plans) so the writers can get straight down to the "good stuff". Advises once the Occupation has begun you should run to a free country... if there ARE any! (Da-da-dunnnn!) Stalin-era gulag stories are then cooked into a thin gruel and served up with nuggets of cheesy right-wing hysteria. Evidently not only will we have a totalitarian government complete with concentration camps for the Christians and brainwashing for the kiddies, but they'll also ban sunny days while they're at it. Gives several pages of what to expect, sorted by "profession, opinion and habit"... evidently anarchists, Maoists, Birchers and the military will have it especially hard, while "poison pens", sadists & criminals will prosper. In typical melodramatic tones the book finishes up with the advice to "burn this book" if/when the Commies do invade. Me, I'd be tempted to be REALLY prepared and do it right away.

Lordy, the old days. And notice I didn't even have the ability to do italics for the title - I think it was bog-standard Notepad that I wrote that with.