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The Bomb: Presidents, Generals, and the Secret History of Nuclear War by Fred Kaplan

The Bomb: Presidents, Generals, and the Secret History of Nuclear War

Fred Kaplan

384 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0gregbrown's review
nonfiction history politics informative slow-paced
The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner by Daniel Ellsberg

The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner

Daniel Ellsberg

432 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0gregbrown's review
nonfiction history politics challenging informative slow-paced
The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes

The Making of the Atomic Bomb

Richard Rhodes

838 pages • first pub 1986 (editions)

5.0gregbrown's review
nonfiction history science challenging informative slow-paced
Store of the Worlds: The Stories of Robert Sheckley by Robert Sheckley

Store of the Worlds: The Stories of Robert Sheckley

Robert Sheckley

396 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0gregbrown's review
fiction science fiction short stories adventurous challenging fast-paced
Fire in the Lake: The Vietnamese and the Americans in Vietnam by Frances FitzGerald

Fire in the Lake: The Vietnamese and the Americans in Vietnam

Frances FitzGerald

512 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0gregbrown's review
nonfiction history politics dark slow-paced
Gambling with Armageddon: Nuclear Roulette from Hiroshima to the Cuban Missile Crisis by Martin J. Sherwin

Gambling with Armageddon: Nuclear Roulette from Hiroshima to the Cuban Missile Crisis

Martin J. Sherwin

640 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0gregbrown's review
nonfiction history politics informative slow-paced
America's Cold War: The Politics of Insecurity, Second Edition by Campbell Craig, Fredrik Logevall

America's Cold War: The Politics of Insecurity, Second Edition

Campbell Craig, Fredrik Logevall

464 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0gregbrown's review
nonfiction history politics informative fast-paced
Something to Do with Paying Attention by David Foster Wallace

Something to Do with Paying Attention

David Foster Wallace

136 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0gregbrown's review
fiction short stories challenging reflective sad medium-paced
The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X

The Autobiography of Malcolm X

Malcolm X

544 pages • first pub 1965 (editions)

5.0gregbrown's review
nonfiction autobiography history informative reflective medium-paced
Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention by Manning Marable

Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention

Manning Marable

592 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0gregbrown's review
nonfiction biography history race challenging informative reflective slow-paced