Nuclear War
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Instant Los Angeles Times bestseller
Finalist, Dayton Literary Peace Prize
One of NPR's Books We Love
One of Newsweek Staffers' Favorite Books of the Year
Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize
“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.
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Eine Erzählung vom Ende der Welt
Eine wirklich fast unglaubliche Geschichte davon, wie nah wir in einem nicht abwegigen Szenario vom Ende der Welt sein könnten. Die Existenz von Atomwaffen finde ich schon immer bedenklich und dieses Buch unterstreicht das umso mehr. Besonders beeindruckend dabei fand ich wie detailreich und gut recherchiert die nationalen Verteidigungssysteme diverser Supermächte dargestellt wurden. Es war sehr spannend, aber führt auch zu jeder Menge Angst und Bedenken.
Horrifying but fascinating
Overall the topic would have been a 5/5 for me. Its only 4 stars because I personally didnt need all the details of people who worked within the story and their crazy detailed job descriptions. That always brought me out of the flow but besides that it was an amazing read!
Description
Instant Los Angeles Times bestseller
Finalist, Dayton Literary Peace Prize
One of NPR's Books We Love
One of Newsweek Staffers' Favorite Books of the Year
Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize
“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.
Book Information
Posts
Eine Erzählung vom Ende der Welt
Eine wirklich fast unglaubliche Geschichte davon, wie nah wir in einem nicht abwegigen Szenario vom Ende der Welt sein könnten. Die Existenz von Atomwaffen finde ich schon immer bedenklich und dieses Buch unterstreicht das umso mehr. Besonders beeindruckend dabei fand ich wie detailreich und gut recherchiert die nationalen Verteidigungssysteme diverser Supermächte dargestellt wurden. Es war sehr spannend, aber führt auch zu jeder Menge Angst und Bedenken.
Horrifying but fascinating
Overall the topic would have been a 5/5 for me. Its only 4 stars because I personally didnt need all the details of people who worked within the story and their crazy detailed job descriptions. That always brought me out of the flow but besides that it was an amazing read!