Author
Annie Jacobsen
We've read and reviewed Annie Jacobsen's journalism and politics book Nuclear War: A Scenario on Book of the Day — scored and written up in full, with a clear verdict on who it's for.
Nuclear War: A Scenario
by Annie Jacobsen
Annie Jacobsen reconstructs what happens after a single nuclear launch, minute by minute, from the first detection to the full cascade. The reporting is meticulous and the effect is genuinely terrifying: she shows exactly how little time, and how few people, stand between civilization and its end.