Kyle Harrison
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The Doomsday Machine
The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner
- Author
- Daniel Ellsberg
- Published
- 2017
- Pages
- 426
- Recommended
- Once
Why it’s on the list: Before the Pentagon Papers, 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 saw it: A bare Amazon link saved in the note.
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.
Referenced in
- Red Alert note