The Bomb: Presidents, Generals, And The Secret History Of Nuclear War

  • Author: Fred Kaplan
  • Narrator: Edward Bauer
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster
  • Duration: 11:14:04

Synopsis

From the author of the classic The Wizards of Armageddon and Pulitzer Prize finalist comes the definitive history of American policy on nuclear war—and Presidents’ actions in nuclear crises—from Truman to Trump.

Fred Kaplan, hailed by The New York Times as “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.

Kaplan’s historical research and deep reporting will stand as the permanent record of politics. 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.

Chapters

  • 001 TheBomb Open

    Duration: 16s
  • 002 TheBomb Introduction

    Duration: 05min
  • 003 TheBomb Chapter1 KillingANation

    Duration: 01h01min
  • 004 TheBomb Chapter2 TheRaceBegins

    Duration: 37min
  • 005 TheBomb Chapter3 TheCrises

    Duration: 59min
  • 006 TheBomb Chapter4 ThisGoddamnPokerGame

    Duration: 52min
  • 007 TheBomb Chapter5 MadmanTheories

    Duration: 48min
  • 008 TheBomb Chapter6 BargainingChips

    Duration: 01h14s
  • 009 TheBomb Chapter7 ASuperIdea

    Duration: 01h05min
  • 010 TheBomb Chapter8 PullingBackTheCurtain

    Duration: 51min
  • 011 TheBomb Chapter9 AShrimpAmongWhales

    Duration: 55min
  • 012 TheBomb Chapter10 LetsStipulateThatThisIsAllInsane

    Duration: 01h26min
  • 013 TheBomb Chapter11 FireAndFury

    Duration: 01h28min
  • 014 TheBomb Credits

    Duration: 31s