Nuclear War. A Scenario by Annie Jacobsen

Annie Jacobsen creates a hair-raising scenario which most people, I guess, would think as taken from science fiction or apocalyptic literature. The thing is, this scenario is based on interviews with people who were or are involved in the nuclear sector for decades, on declassified documentation showing the actual plans, mainly in the USA (& elsewhere) to respond to a nuclear attack. To start a nuclear war. The problem is, as this books reveals, any nuclear war will end with the annihilation of our civilisation. To me, the actual idea of responding to a nuclear attack with more nuclear attacks is irrational. It will end the world. The more missiles you launch the more you will get back. These nuclear nutters think life and the world are a video game, where you can restart if you lose. But you can't.