Dr. William Forstchen

2 archived appearances · 2009–2015

EMPNational SecuritySurvivalMilitary History

Dr. William R. Forstchen (born 1950) is a historian, professor at Montreat College, and New York Times bestselling author known for his novel One Second After, a harrowing depiction of America in the aftermath of an electromagnetic pulse attack that became required reading at the Pentagon. As a faculty fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, he has become one of the foremost voices warning about EMP vulnerabilities and the fragility of modern technological civilization.

On the air with Art · 2

Nov 27, 2009 · 2h 35m
Electromagnetic Pulse Attack
Art Bell welcomes Professor William R. Forstchen, a military historian and author of One Second After, to discuss the devastating threat of an electromagnetic pulse attack on the United States. Forstchen explains how a nuclear detonation high in the atmosphere generates a massive gamma ray burst that triggers the Co...
Oct 21, 2015 · 2h 18m
Space Elevator & EMPs
Art Bell welcomes professor and bestselling author William Forstchen to discuss two very different visions of the future. Art reveals a second NASA source from JPL confirms the agency believes at 50 percent confidence or better that star KIC 8462852 represents evidence of an alien civilization. He also reports that...