Nuclear War: A Scenario

Author(s): Annie Jacobsen

Politics and Society

We could have an uninhabitable earth in a century. It could take 26 minutes and 40 seconds.


An edge-of-your-seat non-fiction thriller that has to be read to be believed. Up to now, no one outside of 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 civilisation as we know it. Frantic calls over secure lines work to confirm the worst as armoured helicopters are scrambled to evacuate the chosen few to secure bunkers. One nuclear missile will provoke two dozen in return. Decisions over hundreds of millions of lives need to be made within six minutes, based on partial information, knowing that once launched, nothing is capable of halting the destruction.


Based on dozens of new interviews with military and civilian experts, 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.


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A Message from Carlos Umaña: International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War: 


Whatever you’re doing, stop and read the book by Annie Jacobsen  “Nuclear War: A Scenario”.


Using hard data from top military, government, and scientific sources, Annie Jacobsen masterfully explains the nuclear issue in riveting story form, unpacking complex issues in a page-turner that keeps people at the edge of their seats.

Not only does she go into detail about the decision-making regarding how a nuclear war unfolds, but she also explains historical and technical details masterfully, with recently declassified information that leads to the conclusion that the risk is very high and that a nuclear war will inevitably end in Armageddon. She covers all aspects of HINW, the effects of the blast, the fireball, the heat, the short-term and long-term radiation poisoning, nuclear famine, nuclear winter, nuclear summer, EMP, nuclear testing, the plight of the survirors, etc. The book is terrifyingly accurate and uses facts and sources that are almost impossible to refute.
Annie’s valuable contribution opens people’s eyes to the true face of nuclear weapons and the absurdity of deterrence, while independently validating our message and with such a broad reach. Beyond raising eyebrows, this book creates experts. She manages to cross our entire message -the whole thing and beyond- into the mainstream. Many people who read this book will have a profound knowledge and understanding of the nuclear issue and will get there effortlessly. I get goosebumps just thinking how many people are being enlightened by it.

Everyone, especially people in our campaign and people in power will benefit from reading this magnificent book. So, dear friends, I encourage you to check it out. I guarantee that even the most knowledgeable among us will learn something, if not a lot.
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Listen to Annie Jacobsen Here on IQ2. very interesting podcast.  https://megaphone.link/NSR8777787458

General Fields

  • : 9781911709602
  • : Transworld Publishers Limited
  • : Transworld Publishers Limited
  • : 481.0
  • : 31 October 2023
  • : 4 Centimeters X 15.3 Centimeters X 23.4 Centimeters
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Annie Jacobsen
  • : Paperback
  • : English
  • : 355.0217
  • : 400
  • : JWMN