Nuclear war a scenario
"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 projects are vital to how we understand the world we really live in: where one nuclear missile begets one in return; where the chore...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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[New York, New York] :
Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC,
[2024]
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| Summary: | "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 projects are vital to how we understand the world we really live in: where one nuclear missile begets one in return; 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. Annie Jacobsen's Nuclear War: A Scenario explores this ticking clock scenario, based on dozens of new interviews with military and civilian experts who have built the weapons; created the response plans; and been responsible for those decisions should they need to have been made. Nuclear War: A Scenario is unlike any other book in its depth and urgency"-- |
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| Item Description: | Place of publication from publisher's website. |
| Physical Description: | xxiv, 373 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-360) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780593476093 0593476093 |
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