The Bomb: Presidents, Generals, And The Secret History Of Nuclear War
- Author: Fred Kaplan
- Narrator: Edward Bauer
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster
- Duration: 11:14:04
Synopsis
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 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. 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.
Chapters
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001 TheBomb Open
Duration: 16s -
002 TheBomb Introduction
Duration: 05min -
003 TheBomb Chapter1 KillingANation
Duration: 01h01min -
004 TheBomb Chapter2 TheRaceBegins
Duration: 37min -
005 TheBomb Chapter3 TheCrises
Duration: 59min -
006 TheBomb Chapter4 ThisGoddamnPokerGame
Duration: 52min -
007 TheBomb Chapter5 MadmanTheories
Duration: 48min -
008 TheBomb Chapter6 BargainingChips
Duration: 01h14s -
009 TheBomb Chapter7 ASuperIdea
Duration: 01h05min -
010 TheBomb Chapter8 PullingBackTheCurtain
Duration: 51min -
011 TheBomb Chapter9 AShrimpAmongWhales
Duration: 55min -
012 TheBomb Chapter10 LetsStipulateThatThisIsAllInsane
Duration: 01h26min -
013 TheBomb Chapter11 FireAndFury
Duration: 01h28min -
014 TheBomb Credits
Duration: 31s