{"product_id":"bomb-presidents-generals-and-the-secret-history-of-nuclear-war","title":"Bomb: Presidents, Generals, and the Secret History of Nuclear War","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eBomb: Presidents, Generals, and the Secret History of Nuclear War\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eFred Kaplan\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781982107291\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eSimon \u0026amp; Schuster\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2020\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eIllustrated\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e384\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition: \u003c\/b\u003eUsed Copy\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of the classic \u003ci\u003eThe Wizards of Armageddon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eand Pulitzer Prize finalist comes the definitive history of American policy on nuclear war--and several presidents' actions in nuclear crises--from Truman to Trump.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFred Kaplan, hailed by \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eas \"a rare combination of defense intellectual and pugnacious reporter,\" takes us into the White House Situation Room, the Joint Chiefs of Staff's \"Tank\" in the Pentagon, and the vast chambers of Strategic Command to bring us the untold stories--based on exclusive interviews and previously classified documents--of how America's presidents and generals have thought about, threatened, broached, and just barely avoided nuclear war from the dawn of the atomic age until today. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKaplan's historical research and deep reporting will stand as the permanent record of politics, the military history of nuclear weapons, and the struggles within the Department of Defense and the Pentagon strategies. Discussing theories that have dominated nightmare scenarios from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Kaplan presents the unthinkable in terms of mass destruction and demonstrates how the nuclear war reality will not go away, regardless of the dire consequences.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Bomb: Presidents, Generals, and the Secret History of Nuclear War | Fred Kaplan | Hardcover | 9781982107291 | Used: Like New | History 1764919","offer_id":50731604541698,"sku":"1764919","price":28.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Bomb: Presidents, Generals, and the Secret History of Nuclear War | Fred Kaplan | Hardcover | 9781982107291 | Used: Very Good | Back Stacks B 1777106","offer_id":50760120664322,"sku":"1777106","price":22.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/81WXKu7WFoL.jpg?v=1791908331","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/bomb-presidents-generals-and-the-secret-history-of-nuclear-war","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}