Nuclear War: A Scenario

By Annie Jacobsen

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About Nuclear War: A Scenario

Annie Jacobsen uses a nuclear-war scenario to examine the stakes of escalation. Read the scenario as a way to interrogate decisions and vulnerabilities, rather than as a forecast of a single inevitable future.

Why I include it

Deterrence looks different when you follow the decisions that could lead to catastrophe. Jacobsen’s scenario sharpens the questions about escalation and the limits of strategic confidence raised elsewhere in this collection.

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Collection 05 · Related reading

Strategic Futures

This companion sharpens this collection’s discussion of deterrence and the limits of strategic confidence.

What to look for while reading

Notice the relationship between decision time, incomplete information, and irreversible choices. Where do assumptions about control begin to break down?

Perspective & context

I brought these books together to compare perspectives and develop judgment. No single author has the final word.

Key themes

Strategic Futures
Deterrence, escalation, and decision-making
Nonfiction

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Praise & Reviews

“An urgent warning guaranteed to cause nightmares.”
— Kirkus Reviews

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