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I just finished reading Nuclear War: A Scenario by Annie Jacobsen – it was great. The book walks through a minute by minute scenario from the second of launch t
by robszumski 2y ago
I just finished reading Nuclear War: A Scenario by Annie Jacobsen – it was great. The book walks through a minute by minute scenario from the second of launch through the satellite detection, alerting of forces, decision making challenges, evac and continuity of government during a nuclear exchange. Highly recommend.
- mtreis86 2y agoShe was also recently on Hardcore History Addendum with Dan Carlin discussing the book.
- ricksunny 2y agoWhat do you think of her also-very-nuclear-related "Area 51: an Uncensored History of America's Top Secret Military Base" (2011)? (leaving aside the frequently-repudiated Mengele-Stalin slant of the excerpt at the end, a la https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/local-las-vegas/area-51-book-stretches-truth-ex-workers-say/ https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/local-las-vegas/area-51-... ' Barnes, the Roadrunners' president, said he believes the childlike aviator tale was fabricated to give the publisher something "juicy" and "sensational ') She frames a very unique angle on James Killian (of MIT 'Killian Court' fame) in context of Pacific thermonuclear nuclear tests, for example.