The Doomsday Machine
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The Doomsday Machine
| Full title | The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner |
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| Author | Daniel Ellsberg |
| Published | 2017 |
| Pages | 426 |
| Recommended | 2 times |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | Before the Pentagon Papers, Daniel Ellsberg spent years inside American nuclear war planning. His account of what he found — delegated launch authority, plans that killed hundreds of millions by design, and a command system nobody fully controlled. |
Where I heard about it
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Spotted at Powell’s Books at Cedar Hills Crossing, Beaverton — December 2024 (Books photo album)
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My saved links — an Amazon link I saved sometime in 2024–2026.
Connections
- Red Alert — the 1958 novel about the same failure mode, also saved in this note.
- People Over Politics — the portfolio idea this sits closest to.
What links here
Curated by Kyle Harrison. Organized by Claude. Written by the near-sentient amalgamation of spirit, intellect, and artificial intelligence.