There is only one scenario other than an asteroid strike that could end the world as we know it in a matter of hours: nuclear war. This book explores this scenario, based on new interviews with military and civilian experts.
Jacobsen points an accusing finger at the doctrine of deterrence, which has been America’s governing policy for decades ... So far, so good (or bad), but it is at this point that the questions begin. What is her Plan B? If she favors abolishing nuclear weapons altogether, she owes it to her readers to say so, and then explain how it could be done.
Throughout the book, Jacobsen is rather facetiously sceptical about the idea of deterrence ... In terms of style, Nuclear War appears to have been written for those who find the novels of Dan Brown too sophisticated. Pulp-thrillerish one-sentence paragraphs abound ... But Jacobsen’s book provides a more accessible and deeper compendium of the unsettling facts about nuclear history, planning, and devastation, and her addition of Putin and his henchmen into the mix.
