"Nuclear War: A Scenario" by Annie Jacobsen. My rating: 5 out of 5 stars. Published in 2024.

Book description: Annie Jacobsen gives us a vivid picture of what could happen if our nuclear guardians fail. There is only one scenario other than an asteroid strike that could end the world as we know it in a matter of nuclear war. And one of the triggers for that war would be a nuclear missile inbound toward the United States. Every generation, a journalist has looked deep into the heart of the nuclear military the technologies, the safeguards, the plans, and the risks. These investigations are vital to how we understand the world we really live in—where one nuclear missile will beget one in return, and where the choreography of the world’s end requires massive decisions made on seconds’ notice with information that is only as good as the intelligence we have.

This is a most disturbing book for our times, but I'm glad I read it. It is a combination of scenario and known fact.

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