Nuclear War: A Scenario by Annie Jacobsen Hardcover Book

Description: Nuclear War by Annie Jacobsen 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 worlds end requires massive decisions made on seconds-notice, with information that is only as good as the intelligence we have. Annie Jacobsens 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. FORMAT Hardcover CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Annie Jacobsen is the author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist in history The Pentagons Brain, the New York Times bestsellers Area 51 and Operation Paperclip, and other books. She was a contributing editor at the Los Angeles Times Magazine. A graduate of Princeton University, she lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two sons. Jacobsens books have been named Best of the Year and Most Anticipated by outlets including The Washington Post, USA Today, The Boston Globe, Apple, and Amazon. Coverage has ranged from The New York Times to Joe Rogans podcast. Review Praise for Nuclear War: "Gripping . . . essential if you want to understand the complex and disturbing details that go into a civilization-destroying decision to drop the Bomb on an enemy. . . . Jacobsen has done her homework. She has spent more than a decade interviewing dozens of experts while mastering the voluminous literature on the subject, some of it declassified only in recent years." — New York Times Book Review "Timeless, masterful. . .A stomach-clenching, multi-perspective, ticking-clock, geopolitical thriller. Jacobsen expertly delivers a madmans portrait of Armageddon, one made all the more impactful by the thought that it could literally occur at any moment. Almost novel-like in its presentation, Nuclear War: A Scenario represents the equivalent of an existential gut punch, a sickening and necessary reminder of how fragile every 21st century convenience becomes in the face of a blinding flash of light and near-instantaneous shockwave. Exhaustively researched and featuring interviews with professionals who truly understand just how close we continue to creep toward thermonuclear annihilation Nuclear War: A Scenario should be required reading for everyone alive today, especially for the politicians and policymakers who literally hold the precarious fate of our species in their hands." — Forbes "At once methodical and vivid. In documenting the minutiae of the apocalypse, the writing is redolent of Hiroshima, a seminal article by John Hersey published in the New Yorker in 1946." — The Economist"Nuclear War sketches out a global nuclear war with by-the-minute precision for all of the 72 minutes between the first missile launch and the end of the world. . . . the scenario is constructed from dozens of interviews and documentation, some of it newly declassified, as a factual grounding to describe what could happen." — Politico "An urgent warning guaranteed to cause nightmares." — Kirkus Reviews "Jacobsen seeks to break through jargon and details in order to tell a terrifying story in a devastatingly straightforward way." — The Guardian"Based on hundreds of interviews with many retired security officials and more-or-less declassified information in the public domain, what it captures brilliantly is the emotional chaos into which leaders would be plunged in such a situation. . . . These are scenes straight out of Dr Strangelove." — Telegraph"Raises critical questions . . . . the theories are complex, and the solutions are anything but easy." — National Security Institute"In the event of a nuclear blast, you should never look directly at it, but if you want to know the truth of how precarious our global situation is, you should look directly at Jacobsens essential source material for all the truths pop culture has been helping us avoid. . . . She uses startling facts most citizens outside the military-industrial complex arent privy to and paints vivid second-by-second descriptions of the catastrophic effects that intercontinental ballistic missiles would have if they struck targets." — Los Angeles Times Details ISBN0593476093 Author Annie Jacobsen Year 2024 ISBN-13 9780593476093 Format Hardcover Publication Date 2024-03-26 Subtitle A Scenario Audience General UK Release Date 2024-03-26 Illustrations B&W IMAGES THROUGHOUT Pages 336 US Release Date 2024-03-26 DEWEY 355.02170973 Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc Imprint Dutton / Signet Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:159082818;

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