The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner
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The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner is Daniel Ellsberg’s memoir and exposé detailing the dangers, secrecy, and systemic flaws of U.S. nuclear war planning during the Cold War.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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exposé ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
promote nuclear disarmament
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warn about dangers of nuclear weapons ⓘ |
| author | Daniel Ellsberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| comparesTo | Stanley Kubrick's film Dr. Strangelove NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| focusesOn |
civilian casualties in nuclear war
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delegation of nuclear launch authority ⓘ first-strike capabilities ⓘ flaws in U.S. nuclear war plans ⓘ nuclear winter risk ⓘ systemic risks of nuclear war ⓘ |
| genre |
Cold War history
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nuclear policy ⓘ political non-fiction ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | first-person account ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Daniel Ellsberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaType |
ebook
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print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
critique of Cold War nuclear strategy
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insider view of U.S. nuclear planning ⓘ |
| portrays | U.S. nuclear command system as dangerously unstable ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2017 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Bloomsbury Publishing
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Bloomsbury USA NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Pentagon Papers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Cold War era
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Pentagon NERFINISHED ⓘ RAND Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ United States government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subject |
Cold War
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U.S. nuclear strategy ⓘ United States national security policy ⓘ military secrecy ⓘ nuclear command and control ⓘ nuclear deterrence ⓘ nuclear war planning ⓘ nuclear weapons ⓘ whistleblowing ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered |
1950s
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1960s ⓘ early 1970s ⓘ |
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