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Nuclear War : A Scenario by Annie Jacobsen (2024, Hardcover)

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  • Author: Annie Jacobsen
  • Book Title: Nuclear War : a Scenario
  • Dewey Decimal: 355.0217
  • Dewey Edition: 23
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Genre: Political Science, Technology & Engineering, History
  • ISBN-10: 0593476093
  • ISBN-13: 9780593476093
  • Illustrator: Yes
  • Intended Audience: Trade
  • Item Height: 1 in
  • Item Length: 9.3 in
  • Item Weight: 18.8 Oz
  • Item Width: 6.2 in
  • LC Classification Number: U263.J33 2024
  • LCCN: 2023-050365
  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: 400 Pages
  • Publication Year: 2024
  • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
  • Reviews: "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
  • Synopsis: The INSTANT New York Times bestseller Instant Los Angeles Times bestseller 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.
  • Topic: Military / Nuclear Warfare, Public Policy / Military Policy, Military Science, Military / United States, Security (National & International)
  • brand: Penguin Publishing Group
  • gtin13: 9780593476093

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Nuclear War: A Scenario The INSTANT New York Times bestseller Instant Los Angeles Times bestseller 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. Contact Us If you have any queries, please contact us via ebay. We usually respond within 24 hours on weekdays. Please visit our eBay store to check out other items for sale! Thank you for shopping at our store.