JONAH GOLDBERG IS REMINISCING ABOUT Crack in the World. The screenplay was by my University of Tennessee colleague John Manchip White, who also coauthored a book with Robert Conquest, What To Do When The Russians Come: A Survivor’s Guide. It was about how to survive the transformation of America into a communist state, based on experiences in Eastern Europe and elsewhere. Can you imagine worrying about America going communist? Those were scary times. Fortunately, that chapter in our history is over for good.