World War III

World War III, World War Three or Third World War generally refers to a hypothetical future World War, usually fought with nuclear weapons, but thought to be occurring or already have occurred. The term may also refer to:

Literature

• World War 3 Illustrated, a political comics anthology.
• World War III (Left Behind), a rider in the Left Behind series of novels.
• The Third World War, a novel by Humphrey Hawksley published in 2003
• The Third World War: August 1985, and its sequel The Third World War: The Untold Story, novels by Sir John Hackett.
• World War III (DC Comics), the title of two sagas published in superhero comic books by DC Comics.
• Red Storm Rising, a novel by Tom Clancy
• Arc Light, a novel by Eric L. Harry

Games

• The Third World War (computer game), for the Sega Mega-CD console.
• World War III: Black Gold, a computer game.

Film and television

• World War III (Star Trek), a war as remembered in the fictional history of Star Trek's universe.
• World War III (film), a German film by Robert Stone.
• WW3 (2001 film), a 2001 TV-movie starring Timothy Hutton and Vanessa L. Williams
• World War III (TV miniseries), directed by David Greene.
• "World War Three", an episode in the 2005 series of the United Kingdom science fiction television series Doctor Who.
• WCW World War 3, an annual professional wrestling pay-per-view event.
• World War III, a fictional World War that occurs in the Ghost in the Shell universe

Music

• Third World War (band), an English proto-punk band formed in 1970.
• WWIII (band), an American heavy metal band formed in 1986 by Mandy Lion.
• WWIII (album), from the industrial band KMFDM.
• "World War Three", a song by the band D.O.A..
• "So Long, Mom (A Song for World War III)", a song by Tom Lehrer.
• "World War III", a song from the Jonas Brothers, off their fourth studio album Lines, Vines and Trying Times.
• "World War III", a song from the band Bad Religion's first EP.
• "World War III", a song on the Ruff Ryders label, featuring Snoop Dogg.
• "World War III", a song from the album Heavy Metal Maniac, by the Canadian band Exciter.
• "World War III", a song from Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five.
• "World War III", a song from Dos Gringos on their album Live at the Sand Trap.

Controversy

• Cold War, thought of as a world war on scale rather than body count.
• War on Terrorism, same as the former, but involving actual direct conflict.

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