The Bomb: Presidents, Generals, and the Secret History of Nuclear War - Paperback

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The Bomb: Presidents, Generals, and the Secret History of Nuclear War - Paperback

Name: The Bomb: Presidents, Generals, and the Secret History of Nuclear War - Paperback
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SKU: 9781982107307
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by Fred Kaplan

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Book Overview

From the author of the classic The Wizards of Armageddon and Pulitzer Prize finalist comes the definitive history of American policy on nuclear war--and several presidents' actions in nuclear crises--from Truman to Trump.

Fred Kaplan, hailed by The New York Times as "a rare combination of defense intellectual and pugnacious reporter," 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 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 just barely avoided nuclear war from the dawn of the atomic age until today.

Kaplan's historical research and deep reporting will stand as the permanent record of politics, the military history of nuclear weapons, and the struggles within the Department of Defense and the Pentagon strategies. Discussing theories that have dominated nightmare scenarios from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Kaplan presents the unthinkable in terms of mass destruction and demonstrates how the nuclear war reality will not go away, regardless of the dire consequences.

ISBN	9781982107307
Author	Fred Kaplan
Publisher	Simon & Schuster
Genre	News & politics and History
Format	Paperback
Published	February 2021
Language	ENG- English
Pages	384
Weight	1.0 lb
Target Audience	Adults
Print Size	Standard Print