Bibliograph

The bomb, Fred Kaplan

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The bomb, Fred Kaplan

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [303]-346) and index

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Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The bomb

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Fred Kaplan

Summary

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

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"

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

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