The doomsday machine : confessions of a nuclear war planner / Daniel Ellsberg.
| Author/creator | Ellsberg, Daniel author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | New York : Bloomsbury, 2017. |
| Copyright Date | ©2017 |
| Description | 420 pages ; 25 cm |
| Subjects |
| 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. |
| Abstract | 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.-- Adapted from dust jacket. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages [353]-387) and index. |
| ISBN | 9781608196708 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 1608196704 (hardback) |
| ISBN | (epub) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | UA23 .E45 2017 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |