The Zap Gun (Carroll & Graf)

    (Carroll & Graf, 1989)

From the publisher-
A precarioiius stalemate in arms escalation leaves the East and West hovering on the brink of armageddon. Both sides carefully monitor and mirror each other's production quotas. But Lilo Topchev and Lars Powderdry, chief weapons designers of the East and West, are no ordinary technocrats. Under the influence of government hallucinogens, they reach trance-like states and resemble prophetic fashion designers dreaming up ways to convert warheads into ashtrays, trinkets and other consumer goods. But when the Earth's fate finally hinges on the erratic mind of a child, Lars and Lilo become mere pawns caught in a terrifying predicament.
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    Mass Market Paperback
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    W: Philip K. Dick
    Originally appeared in Nov 1965 and Jan 1966 issues of Worlds of Tomorrow under the title Operation Plowshare
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