Daniel Ellsberg
Daniel Ellsberg was an American economist, political activist, and former military analyst who is best known for releasing the Pentagon Papers, a top-secret Pentagon study of U.S. government decision-making in relation to the Vietnam War, to The New York Times and other newspapers in 1971.
Books
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1. The Doomsday Machine
Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner
"The Doomsday Machine" provides a chilling exploration of the precarious systems of nuclear command-and-control, which have consistently been more prone to human and technical error than officially recognized. Drawing from the author's experience as a defense analyst and whistleblower, the book reveals how the strategies and policies governing the use of nuclear weapons have endangered humanity by bringing us closer to accidental or intentional global annihilation. Through declassified documents and insider knowledge, it exposes the true extent of the existential risk posed by the nuclear arsenals of superpowers, questioning the rationality and morality of policies that continue to jeopardize human survival.
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