EAN: 9781911709602

NUCLEAR WAR - ANNIE JACOBSEN KARTONIERT (TB)

The Sunday Times bestselling edge-of-your-seat non-fiction thriller  perfect for readers of
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird and Midnight
in Chernobyl by Adam Higginbotham. 'Essential' New York Times 'A stomach-clenching 
multi-perspective  ticking-clock  geopolitical thriller' Forbes 'Tells a terrifying story in a
devastatingly straightforward way' Guardian Nuclear war begins with a blip on a radar screen.
This is a minute-by-minute account of what comes next. It has to be read to be believed. There
is only one scenario other than an asteroid strike that could end the world as we know it in a
matter of hours: nuclear war. Until now  no one outside official circles has known exactly what
would happen if a rogue state launched a nuclear missile at the Pentagon. Second by second and
minute by minute  these are the real-life protocols that choreograph the end of civilization as
we know it. Decisions that affect hundreds of millions of lives need to be made within six
minutes  based on partial information  in the knowledge that once launched  nothing is capable
of halting the destruction. Based on dozens of new interviews with military and civilian
experts who have built the weapons  been privy to the response plans  and taken responsibility
for crucial decisions  this is the only account of what a nuclear exchange would look like.
Nuclear War is at once a compulsive non-fiction thriller and a powerful argument that we must
rid ourselves of these world-ending weapons for ever. 'This terrifying book is a must-read for
every world leader' Mother Jones 'These are scenes straight out of Dr Strangelove' Telegraph
'At once methodical and vivid' The Economist

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