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The bomb : presidents, generals, and the secret history of nuclear war / Fred Kaplan.
"Fred Kaplan 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"-- Publisher's description.
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- ISBN: 9781982107291 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 372 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2020.
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| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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- Baker & Taylor
"Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Fred Kaplan 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 in Omaha 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, in some cases, just barely avoided nuclear war from the dawn of the atomic age until now." -- Front flap - Baker & Taylor
The national-security columnist for Slate and Pulitzer Prize finalist, combining deep reporting with historical research, and discussing theories that have dominated nightmare scenarios, presents a history of American policy on nuclear war. Illustrations. - Simon and Schuster
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. - Simon and Schuster
From the author the classic The Wizards of Armageddon and Pulitzer Prize finalist comes the definitive history of American policy on nuclear warâand Presidentsâ actions in nuclear crisesâfrom Truman to Trump.
Fred Kaplan, hailed by The New York Times as âa rare combination of defense intellectual and pugnacious reporter,â takes us into the White House Situation Room, the Joint Chiefs of Staffâs âTankâ in the Pentagon, and the vast chambers of Strategic Command to bring us the untold storiesâbased on exclusive interviews and previously classified documentsâof how Americaâs presidents and generals have thought about, threatened, broached, and just barely avoided nuclear war from the dawn of the atomic age until today.
Kaplanâs 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.
