Nuclear War
A Scenario
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Publisher Description
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“In Nuclear War: A Scenario, Annie Jacobsen gives us a vivid picture of what could happen if our nuclear guardians fail…Terrifying.”—Wall Street Journal
There is only one scenario other than an asteroid strike that could end the world as we know it in a matter of hours: nuclear war. And one of the triggers for that war would be a nuclear missile inbound toward the United States.
Every generation, a journalist has looked deep into the heart of the nuclear military establishment: the technologies, the safeguards, the plans, and the risks. These investigations are vital to how we understand the world we really live in—where one nuclear missile will beget one in return, and where the choreography of the world’s end requires massive decisions made on seconds’ notice with information that is only as good as the intelligence we have.
Pulitzer Prize finalist Annie Jacobsen’s Nuclear War: A Scenario explores this ticking-clock scenario, based on dozens of exclusive new interviews with military and civilian experts who have built the weapons, have been privy to the response plans, and have been responsible for those decisions should they have needed to be made. Nuclear War: A Scenario examines the handful of minutes after a nuclear missile launch. It is essential reading, and unlike any other book in its depth and urgency.
Customer Reviews
Everyone should read this… everyone
This should be mandatory reading for all presidential candidates and their eventual cabinet picks. It’s disturbing how close we are to utter annihilation. Well written and engaging, couldn’t put it down.
Nuclear War
One of the most thought provoking (and scary) books I have read in years.
Interesting, but…
This was an interesting read for about the first half, but quickly descended into a repetitive and frankly far-reaching scenario of a “perfect storm” that annihilates the planet. The author’s descriptions also became continually repetitive (‘carbonized’ and other phrases are used countless times). It gets old, really quickly.
We all think nuclear war is bad, but this nihilistic viewpoint fails to take into account the ever-existing hope, creativity, and resourcefulness of the human spirit.