The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner
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| Rating | : | 4.22 (678 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1408889293 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 384 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-10-04 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Framed as a memoir--a chronicle of madness in which he acknowledges participating--this gripping expose reads like a thriller with cloak-and-dagger intrigue, returning Ellsberg to his role as whistle-blower. The Doomsday Machine is Ellsberg's hair-raising eyewitness account of the most dangerous arms buildup in the history of civilization, whose legacy--and proposed renewal under the Trump administration--threatens the very survival of humanity. From the legendary whistle-blower who revealed the Pentagon Papers, the first insider expose of the awful dangers of America's hidden, seventy-year-long nuclear policy that chillingly continues to this day. No other insider has written so candidly of that long-classified history, and nothing has fundamentally changed since that era. Here for th
* San Francisco Chronicle on SECRETS * Daniel Ellsberg risked everything to help end the Vietnam War A real-life political thriller. A powerful testament for future students of a war that the United States should never have fought. * The Washington Post on SECRETS * An invaluable contribution to understanding one of our nation's darkest hours. * USA Today on SECRETS *
He lectures and writes on the dangers of the nuclear era and the need for whistle-blowing. A Senior Fellow of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, Ellsberg is the author of Secrets and the subject of the Emmy Award-winning documentary The Most Dangerous Man in America. He lives in Kensington, California. Later he leaked the Pentagon Papers. In 1961, Daniel Ellsberg, a consultant