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The Bomb: presidents, generals, and the secret history of nuclear war

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New York : Simon & Schuster, 2020
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Summary:
From the author the classic The Wizards of Armageddon and Pulitzer Prize finalist comes the definitive history of American policy on nuclear war and Presidents' actions in nuclear crises' from Truman to Trump. Fred Kaplan, hailed by The New York Times as "a rare combination of defense intellectual and pugnacious reporter," takes us into the White House Situation Room, the Joint Chiefs of Staff's "Tank" in the Pentagon, and the vast chambers of Strategic Command to bring us the untold stories 'based on exclusive interviews and previously classified documents' of how America's presidents and generals have thought about, threatened, broached, and just barely avoided nuclear war from the dawn of the atomic age until today. Kaplan'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.
Table of Contents:
  • "Killing a nation"
  • The race begins
  • The crises
  • "This goddamn poker game"
  • Madman theories
  • Bargaining chips
  • "A super idea"
  • Pulling back the curtain
  • "A shrimp among whales"
  • "Let's stipulate that this is all insane"
  • "Fire and fury."
Author/Creator:
Kaplan, Fred
Languages:
English
Language Notes:
Item content: English
Main Work:
The Bomb: presidents, generals, and the secret history of nuclear war [by Kaplan, F.]
Other Related Resources:
Print version: Bomb : Presidents, Generals, and the Secret History of Nuclear War [by Kaplan, F.] (New York : Simon & Schuster, ©2020 — ISBN 9781982107291)
Subjects:
Nuclear weapons — Government policy — United States — History
Nuclear arms control — Government policy — United States — History
Nuclear disarmament — United States
National security — United States
Nuclear weapons — Government policy
Nuclear weapons
Nuclear arms control — Government policy
Nuclear arms control
Nuclear disarmament
National security
United States
Genres:
History
General Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on: Print version record.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (272 pages)
Digital Characteristics:
text file
Call Numbers:
U264.3 .K375 2020eb
ISBNs:
1982107316
9781982107314 (electronic bk.)
OCLC Numbers:
1135662940