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Every generation, a journalist has delved into the heart of the nuclear military establishment: the technologies, the safeguards, the plans and the risks. These investigations are essential to our understanding of the world we actually live in – where a nuclear missile will spawn one back, and where the choreography of the end of the world requires massive split-second decisions made with information that is only as good than the information available. the intelligence we have.
Nuclear War: A Screenplay by Pulitzer Prize finalist Annie Jacobsen explores this ticking clock scenario, based on dozens of exclusive new interviews with military and civilian experts who built the weapons, were privy to the plans response and were responsible for these decisions. should they have been made. Nuclear War: One scenario examines the few minutes following the launch of a nuclear missile. This is essential reading, unlike any other book in its depth and urgency.
Annie Jacobsen is the author of The Pentagon's Brain, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in history, the New York Times bestsellers Area 51 and Operation Paperclip, and other books. She was a contributing editor to the Los Angeles Times Magazine. A graduate of Princeton University, she lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two sons.
Jacobsen is in conversation with Lt. Gen. Charlie Moore and Jon Wolfsthal. Lieutenant General is a highly decorated retired lieutenant general in the United States Air Force, recognized as one of the most influential and influential cyber leaders and aviators in the United States military. Prior to his retirement, after 33 years of service, he served as Deputy Commander of United States Cyber Command, where he and the Commander reported directly to the President of the United States and the Secretary of Defense as agents responsible for planning and executing global operations, activities and missions in cyberspace. He served in a variety of additional assignments, including command of two fighter wings, a combat operations group, and a fighter squadron. He participated in Operations Southern Watch, Joint Forge, Iraqi Freedom, Inherent Resolve and Enduring Freedom. Charlie is currently a Distinguished Visiting Professor at Vanderbilt University and an executive advisor/consultant on issues related to cybersecurity and national defense. Jon Wolfsthal is director of global risk at the Federation of American Scientists. He is a former special assistant to the president and senior director of the National Security Council for Arms Control and Nonproliferation. He served as special advisor to Vice President Joe Biden from 2009 to 2012 at the White House. He has conducted field missions in North Korea, Iran, Russia and China and has more than 35 years of experience in nuclear weapons, deterrence, arms control and national security. He is co-author of Deadly Arsenals: Tracking Weapons of Mass Destruction.
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