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
exposé
aimsTo promote nuclear disarmament
warn about dangers of nuclear weapons
author Daniel Ellsberg NERFINISHED
comparesTo Stanley Kubrick's film Dr. Strangelove NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
focusesOn civilian casualties in nuclear war
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
nuclear policy
political non-fiction
hasPerspective first-person account
language English
mainCharacter Daniel Ellsberg NERFINISHED
mediaType ebook
print
notableFor critique of Cold War nuclear strategy
insider view of U.S. nuclear planning
portrays U.S. nuclear command system as dangerously unstable
publicationDate 2017
publisher Bloomsbury Publishing NERFINISHED
Bloomsbury USA NERFINISHED
relatedWork Pentagon Papers NERFINISHED
setting Cold War era
Pentagon NERFINISHED
RAND Corporation NERFINISHED
United States government NERFINISHED
subject Cold War NERFINISHED
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
1960s
early 1970s

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Daniel Ellsberg notableWork The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner