The doomsday machine: confessions of a nuclear war planner

"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...

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Main Author: Ellsberg, Daniel 1931-2023 (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; Oxford ; New York ; New Dehli ; Sydney Bloomsbury 2017
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Summary:"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
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:420 Seiten Illustrationen 25 cm
ISBN:9781408889299
9781608196708