Armageddon and Paranoia: The Nuclear Confrontation by Sir Rodric Braithwaite (En

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Armageddon and Paranoia

by Sir Rodric Braithwaite

How did we end up living in a terrifying reality of potential nuclear annihilation?

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Publisher Description

In 1945, the atom bomb was dropped on Hiroshima and warfare was never the same again. Armageddon and Paranoia relates how the power of the atom was harnessed to produce weapons capable of destroying human civilisation and considers what this has done to the world.

There are few villains in this story: on both sides of the Iron Curtain, dedicated scientists cracked the secrets of nature, dutiful military men planned out possible manoeuvres and politicians wrestled with potentially intolerable decisions. Patriotic citizens acquiesced to the idea that their country needed the ultimate means of defence. Some tried to grapple with the unanswerable question: what end could possibly be served by such fearsome means? Those who protested went unheard. None of them wanted to start a nuclear war, but all of them were paranoid about what the other side might do. The danger of annihilation by accident or misjudgement has not been entirely absent since.

Rodric Braithwaite, author of bestsellers Moscow 1941 and Afgantsy, paints a vivid and detailed portrait of this intense period in history. Its implications are terrifyingly relevant today, as ignorant and thoughtless talk about nuclear war begins to spread once more.

Author Biography

Sir Rodric Braithwaite is a former British diplomat and author whose long Foreign Office career took him to Indonesia, Poland, Italy, America and Russia. He was British Ambassador in Moscow during the fall of the Soviet Union, which he described in Across the Moscow River (2002, Yale). Rodric Braithwaite was subsequently foreign policy adviser to the Prime Minister, John Major, and Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee. He is author of Afgantsy: The Russians in Afghanistan (Profile Books), and Moscow 1941 (Profile Books), a bestseller translated into nineteen languages.

Review

A timely and sober book ... a trenchant and stimulating analysis of nuclear deterrence * Observer * A wise observer of how close we came to Armageddon * Prospect * Braithwaite ... is on top form. * Financial Times * Personal experience plus careful study have given him a remarkable platform from which he brilliantly dissects the ethical dilemmas. -- Jonathan Steele * Guardian * Scintillating. * The Times * Rodric Braithwaite has produced a masterly history of the nuclear age just in time since its dangers are back with a vengeance. Our leaders must take the lessons in this meticulous and revelatory narrative ... -- Strobe Talbott, Brookings Institution

Long Description

How did we end up living in a terrifying reality of potential nuclear annihilation? In 1945, the atom bomb was dropped on Hiroshima and warfare was never the same again. Armageddon and Paranoia relates how the power of the atom was harnessed to produce weapons capable of destroying human civilisation and considers what this has done to the world. There are few villains in this story: on both sides of the Iron Curtain, dedicated scientists cracked the secrets of nature, dutiful military men planned out possible manoeuvres and politicians wrestled with potentially intolerable decisions. Patriotic citizens acquiesced to the idea that their country needed the ultimate means of defence. Some tried to grapple with the unanswerable question: what end could possibly be served by such fearsome means? Those who protested went unheard. None of them wanted to start a nuclear war, but all of them were paranoid about what the other side might do. The danger of annihilation by accident or misjudgement has not been entirely absent since. Rodric Braithwaite, author of bestsellers Moscow 1941 and Afgantsy , paints a vivid and detailed portrait of this intense period in history. Its implications are terrifyingly relevant today, as ignorant and thoughtless talk about nuclear war begins to spread once more.

Review Text

A timely and sober book ... a trenchant and stimulating analysis of nuclear deterrence

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How did we end up living in a terrifying reality of potential nuclear annihilation?

Details ISBN1781257213 Author Sir Rodric Braithwaite Pages 512 Publisher Profile Books Ltd Year 2019 ISBN-10 1781257213 ISBN-13 9781781257210 Publication Date 2019-01-03 Format Paperback Imprint Profile Books Ltd Subtitle The Nuclear Confrontation Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 355.0217 Illustrations 16 pp of plates + 3 maps Short Title Armageddon and Paranoia Language English Audience General/Trade UK Release Date 2019-01-03 AU Release Date 2019-01-03 NZ Release Date 2019-01-03

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  • Condition: Neu
  • ISBN-13: 9781781257210
  • Book Title: Armageddon and Paranoia
  • ISBN: 9781781257210
  • EAN: 9781781257210
  • Publication Year: 2019
  • Type: Textbook
  • Format: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Publication Name: Armageddon and Paranoia: the Nuclear Confrontation
  • Item Height: 198mm
  • Author: Sir Rodric Braithwaite
  • Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
  • Item Width: 129mm
  • Subject: Government, History
  • Item Weight: 450g
  • Number of Pages: 512 Pages

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