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The Doomsday Machine

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What’s it about?

A chilling confession from a former nuclear war planner who reveals the secret system designed to ensure automatic global annihilation—and how close we've come to using it.

You’ll learn

  • The US nuclear strategy was designed to win, not deter, war
  • Near-catastrophes happened far more often than known
  • Nuclear command systems force presidents into impossible choices
  • Hair-trigger alert still threatens humanity today