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Nuclear War : A Scenario by Annie Jacobsen

6 reviews

devynreadsnovels's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0


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mnash_2020's review against another edition

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dark informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

I listened to this one.

This was probably the most terrifying book I’ve ever read. It is nonfiction, and though it outlines a possible scenario, it is something that could actually happen. All of the players have this actual capacity. We have the information from what has happened in Japan after being struck by nuclear weapons to know what would happen to those struck by it or those affected by the fallout. 

I also thought this was extremely well researched. I like the way she laid out the book - it wasn’t boring and information overload. It felt like a thriller, action packed, and truly scary. The author is an amazing story teller and makes information like this accessible to every reader. I would definitely read something else by her.

I wouldn’t recommend this to everyone - it is anxiety inducing and terrifying. 

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arayo's review

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dark informative tense

4.5


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megb64's review

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challenging dark informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0


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bookishlychelle's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional informative reflective tense slow-paced

5.0

Easily the scariest book I've read in a long time. If you're prone to feeling anxious about what-if scenarios then I don't recommend you read this. 

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swiss_chees's review against another edition

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2.5

Very detailed and well researched chronological description of a nuclear war scenario. As layman the scenario feels realistic even though full scale escalation hinges on multiple “mistakes”. The book is fully focused on the US and only briefly touches on Europe, Russia, China etc. In addition, the book spends too much time on explicit descriptions of the horror of a nuclear detonation. As such relatively little time is spent on elaborating and investigating the underlying assumptions and strategic/tactical consequences of the madness that is inherent in the concept of Mutual Assured Destruction. 

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