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The Wizards of Armageddon

Strategists of the Nuclear Age
Book • 1991
The Wizards of Armageddon delves into the secret world of strategists who devised plans and policies for nuclear warfare.

First published in 1983, the book reveals a previously untold chapter in American political and military history, focusing on the intellectual and strategic developments of the nuclear age.

It highlights the roles of mathematicians, economists, and physicists in shaping nuclear strategy, particularly through their work at RAND.

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Daniel Ellsberg
as a good book on the Cuban Missile Crisis.
#43 Classic episode - Daniel Ellsberg on the institutional insanity that maintains nuclear doomsday machines
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Fred Kaplan
as his first book, written in 1983, focusing on defense intellectuals who shaped nuclear deterrence and war-fighting concepts.
#186 — The Bomb

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