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One Minute to Midnight: Fact and Fiction About Armageddon

As a child of the nuclear age and an innocent bystander during the Cuban Missile Crisis, our maverick English Teacher and amateur history buff looks into the abyss of total annihilation and comes up with 40 works of fact and fiction that show us how close we have been to the brink, how often, and what might happen should we step over the edge. Not pleasant reading, perhaps, but necessary.
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Arsenals of Folly: The Making of the Nuclear Arms Race (Richard Rhodes)
Arsenals of Folly: The Making of the Nuclear Arms Race
1
Richard Rhodes
Bombs Over Bikini: The World's First Nuclear Disaster (Connie Goldsmith)
Bombs Over Bikini: The World's First Nuclear Disaster
2
Connie Goldsmith
The Cold and the Dark (Ehrlich, Sagan, Et Al)
The Cold and the Dark
3
Ehrlich, Sagan, Et Al
The Cold War: A History (Martin Walker)
The Cold War: A History
4
Martin Walker
The Cold War: A New History (John Lewis Gaddis)
The Cold War: A New History
5
John Lewis Gaddis
Confronting the Bomb (Lawrence Wittner)
Confronting the Bomb
6
Lawrence Wittner
The Cuban Missile Crisis in American Memory (Stern)
The Cuban Missile Crisis in American Memory
7
Stern
The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner (Daniel Ellsberg)
The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner
8
Daniel Ellsberg
The Kennedy Tapes: Inside the White House During the Cuban Missile Crisis (Ernest R. May; Philip D. Zelikow)
The Kennedy Tapes: Inside the White House During the Cuban Missile Crisis
9
Ernest R. May; Philip D. Zelikow
Looking the Tiger in the Eye: Confronting the Nuclear Threat (Carl B. Feldbaum)
Looking the Tiger in the Eye: Confronting the Nuclear Threat
10
Carl B. Feldbaum
The Making of the Atomic Bomb (Richard Rhodes)
The Making of the Atomic Bomb
11
Richard Rhodes
The Manhattan Project (Paul McNeive)
The Manhattan Project
12
Paul McNeive
The Missile Crisis (Elie Abel)
The Missile Crisis
13
Elie Abel
Missiles in Cuba (White)
Missiles in Cuba
14
White
Missiles of October (Robert Smith Thompson)
Missiles of October
15
Robert Smith Thompson
Nagasaki: Life After Nuclear War (Susan Southard)
Nagasaki: Life After Nuclear War
16
Susan Southard
National Security and the Nuclear Delimma (Richard Smoke)
National Security and the Nuclear Delimma
17
Richard Smoke
The Nuclear Delusion (George F. Kennan)
The Nuclear Delusion
18
George F. Kennan
Nuclear Folly (Plokhy)
Nuclear Folly
19
Plokhy
Nuclear Paranoia (Chas Newkey-Burden)
Nuclear Paranoia
20
Chas Newkey-Burden
Nuclear Terrorism (Graham Allison)
Nuclear Terrorism
21
Graham Allison
Nuclear War: What's in It for You? (Ground Zero Fund)
Nuclear War: What's in It for You?
22
Ground Zero Fund
Nuclear Weapons and Foreign Policy (Henry A. Kissinger)
Nuclear Weapons and Foreign Policy
23
Henry A. Kissinger
On Thermonuclear War (Herman Kahn)
On Thermonuclear War
24
Herman Kahn
'One Hell of a Gamble' (Aleksandr Fursenko)
'One Hell of a Gamble'
25
Aleksandr Fursenko
One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War (Michael Dobbs)
One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War
26
Michael Dobbs
The Rosenberg File (Ronald Radosh)
The Rosenberg File
27
Ronald Radosh
The Third World War:August 1985 (John Hackett)
The Third World War:August 1985
28
John Hackett
Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis (Robery F. Kennedy)
Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis
29
Robery F. Kennedy
The Wizards of Armageddon (Kaplan)
The Wizards of Armageddon
30
Kaplan
Alas Babylon (Frank)
Alas Babylon
31
Frank
A Canticle for Leibowitz (Walter M. Miller, Jr.)
A Canticle for Leibowitz
32
Walter M. Miller, Jr.
The Days of March (Brunner)
The Days of March
33
Brunner
Fail-Safe
Fail-Safe
34
The Long Tomorrow (Leigh Brackett)
The Long Tomorrow
35
Leigh Brackett
On the Beach (Shute)
On the Beach
36
Shute
Red Alert (Peter Bryant)
Red Alert
37
Peter Bryant
The Seventh Day (Hans Hellmut Kirst)
The Seventh Day
38
Hans Hellmut Kirst
The Sum of All Fears (Tom Clancy)
The Sum of All Fears
39
Tom Clancy
Tomorrow (Philip Wylie)
Tomorrow
40
Philip Wylie
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