The Wizards of Armageddon

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Jan 1, 1983
#Military #History

Fred M. Kaplan

@FredKaplan

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This is the untold story of the small group of men who have devised the plans and shaped the policies on how to use the Bomb. The book (first published in 1983) explores the secret... Show More

Number of Pages: 456

ISBN: 0804718849

ISBN-13: 9780804718844

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Dan Carlin @hardcorehistory · Oct 8, 2022

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Check out his other fantastic book “The Wizards of Armageddon” which details the attempts to get great intelligences together to try to formulate how to deal with these unbelievably powerful weapons. @fmkaplan

Dan Carlin @hardcorehistory · Nov 22, 2022

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Places like the RAND corporation and other nuclear think tanks have studied this problem for decades. Whether their conclusions are correct is debatable. @fmkaplan s book “The Wizards of Armageddon” is a great read if you like this stuff (and if you haven’t already read it).