Bibliograph

The doomsday machine, confessions of a nuclear war planner, Daniel Ellsberg

Type

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The doomsday machine, confessions of a nuclear war planner, Daniel Ellsberg

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [353]-387) and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The doomsday machine

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1012402660

Responsibility statement

Daniel Ellsberg

Sub title

confessions of a nuclear war planner

Summary

The former defense analyst who revealed the Pentagon Papers offers an eyewitness account of America's nuclear program in the 1960s and reveals the dangers in the country's seventy-year-long nuclear policy

Table Of Contents

Part I: The Bomb and I. How could I? : the making of a nuclear war planner ; Command and control : managing catastrophe ; Delegation : how many fingers on the button? ; Iwakuni : nuclear weapons off the books ; The Pacific Command ; The war plan: reading the JSCP ; Briefing Bundy ; "My" war plan ; Questions for the Joint Chiefs : how many will die? ; Berlin and the missile gap ; A tale of two speeches ; My Cuban missile crisis ; Cuba : the real story -- Part II: The road to doomsday. Bombing cities ; Burning cities ; Killing a nation ; Risking doomsday I: Atmospheric ignition ; Risking doomsday II: The Hell Bomb ; The Strangelove paradox ; First-use threats: using our nuclear weapons ; Dismantling the Doomsday Machine -- Glossary

Target audience

adult

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