The doomsday machine : confessions of a nuclear war planner
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Cambridge Public Library - Nonfiction
355.02 E
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355.02 E
1 available
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Ellsberg, Daniel.
Military planning -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Nuclear warfare -- Government policy -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Nuclear weapons -- Government policy -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Rand Corporation -- Biography.
United States -- Military policy -- History -- 20th century.
United States -- Officials and employees -- Biography.
Military planning -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Nuclear warfare -- Government policy -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Nuclear weapons -- Government policy -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Rand Corporation -- Biography.
United States -- Military policy -- History -- 20th century.
United States -- Officials and employees -- Biography.
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Book
Physical Desc
420 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-387) and index.
Description
"Here, for the first time, former high level defense analyst Daniel Ellsberg reveals his shocking first-hand account of America's nuclear program in the 1960s. From the remotest air bases in the Pacific Command, where he discovered that the authority to initiate use of nuclear weapons was widely delegated, to the secret plans for general nuclear war under Eisenhower, which, if executed, would cause the near-extinction of humanity, Ellsberg shows that the legacy of this most dangerous arms buildup in the history of civilization--and its proposed renewal under the Trump administration--threatens our very survival. No other insider with high level access has written so candidly of the nuclear strategy of the late Eisenhower and early Kennedy years, and nothing has fundamentally changed since that era. Framed as a memoir--a chronicle of madness in which Ellsberg acknowledges participating--this gripping expose reads like a thriller and offers feasible steps we can take to dismantle the existing "doomsday machine" and avoid nuclear catastrophe, returning Ellsberg to his role as whistleblower. The Doomsday Machine is thus a real-life Dr. Strangelove story and an ultimately hopeful--and powerfully important--book about not just our country, but the future of the world."--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Ellsberg, D. (2017). The doomsday machine: confessions of a nuclear war planner . Bloomsbury.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Ellsberg, Daniel. 2017. The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner. Bloomsbury.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Ellsberg, Daniel. The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner Bloomsbury, 2017.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Ellsberg, Daniel. The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner Bloomsbury, 2017.
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