Nuclear War : A Scenario by Annie Jacobsen

4.35 AVERAGE

davschw13's review

4.5
challenging informative medium-paced

jsridley's review against another edition

5.0
Wow. What a terrifying book. It does not make me feel good in any way, but it was incredibly interesting and well written. I thought the format was great and helped tell the “story”. Now I’m going to have nightmares.
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yohnferrari's review

4.25
challenging dark informative tense fast-paced

blue8haze's review against another edition

4.0
dark informative sad tense fast-paced

stickertime's review

4.0
challenging dark informative reflective fast-paced

estadell's review

4.0
dark informative sad medium-paced

rhino0221's review

5.0
informative fast-paced

lodorm's review

4.0
dark informative tense medium-paced

grindeych's review against another edition

4.5
challenging dark medium-paced
I do leave with a couple questions over the plausibility of parts of the scenario - mainly around Russias involvement since we get so little from their side and they do far more to destroy america in this scenario than North Korea, whose motivations in this case are best left vague. 
Do Russia have no early warning system for monitoring North Korean missile launches? That seems bizarre considering how close they are. This was never really acknowledged but would inform decision making to bomb america. 
Other than that though this is really impressive read, affecting but rich in details. Disarmement are never discussed in this book but its hard to finish reading without a sense we need a hell of a lot less of these things in our world.

theocreswell's review

4.25
challenging dark informative reflective sad tense medium-paced