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The Bomb: Presidents, Generals, and the Secret History of Nuclear War

The Bomb: Presidents, Generals, and the Secret History of Nuclear War

From the author the classic The Wizards of Armageddon and Pulitzer Prize finalist comes the definitive history of American policy on nuclear warâ€”and Presidentsâ€™ actions in nuclear crisesâ€”from Truman to Trump.

Fred Kaplan, hailed by The New York Times as â€œa rare combination of defense intellectual and pugnacious reporter,â€ takes us into the White House Situation Room, the Joint Chiefs of Staffâ€™s â€œTankâ€ in the Pentagon, and the vast chambers of Strategic Command to bring us the untold storiesâ€”based on exclusive interviews and previously classified documentsâ€”of how Americaâ€™s presidents and generals have thought about, threatened, broached, and just barely avoided nuclear war from the dawn of the atomic age until today.

Kaplanâ€™s historical research and deep reporting will stand as the permanent record of politics. Discussing theories that have dominated nightmare scenarios from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Kaplan presents the unthinkable in terms of mass destruction and demonstrates how the nuclear war reality will not go away, regardless of the dire consequences.
Country USA
Brand Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer Simon & Schuster
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2020-01-28
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781982107291

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