RaveThe New York Times Book Review...revealed with bracing clarity ... [a] rich and surprisingly entertaining history of how nuclear weapons have shaped the United States military and the country’s foreign policy ... In less skillful hands, this could be a slog. But Kaplan has a gift for elucidating abstract concepts, cutting through national security jargon and showing how leaders confront (or avoid) dilemmas.
James Miller
MixedThe New York Times Book Review[A] searching and somewhat sprawling book...sometimes distracting bits of memoir...[Miller] hopes for the development of \'new ways\' to restore democratic systems and people’s faith in them, but doesn’t spell out what those might be.
