{"product_id":"b0chdx4pl6","title":"Nuclear War: The bestselling non-fiction thriller, shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe  Sunday Times  bestselling edge-of-your-seat exploration of what would happen in the event of nuclear war, perfect for readers of  American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNuclear war begins with a blip on a radar screen.\u003cbr\u003e\nThis is a minute-by-minute account of what comes next.\u003cbr\u003e\nIt has to be read to be believed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThere is only one scenario other than an asteroid strike that could end the world as we know it in a matter of hours: nuclear war.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eUntil now, no one outside official circles has known exactly what would happen if a rogue state launched a nuclear missile at the Pentagon. Second by second and minute by minute, these are the real-life protocols that choreograph the end of civilization.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDecisions that affect hundreds of millions of lives need to be made within six minutes, based on partial information, in the knowledge that once launched, nothing is capable of halting the destruction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBased on dozens of new interviews with military and civilian experts who have built the weapons, been privy to the response plans, and taken responsibility for crucial decisions, this is the only account of what a nuclear exchange would look like.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNuclear War is at once a compulsive non-fiction thriller and a powerful argument that we must rid ourselves of these world-ending weapons for ever.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A stomach-clenching, multi-perspective, ticking-clock, geopolitical thriller'   Forbes\u003cbr\u003e\n'Dangerously plausible – and it reads like a thriller'   Sunday Times\u003cbr\u003e\n'These are scenes straight out of Dr Strangelove'   Telegraph\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e* A New York Times bestseller (March 2024) and a Sunday Times bestseller (April 2024). Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2024, the UK's premier annual prize for non-fiction books.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e2024 Annie Jacobsen (P)2024 Penguin Audio\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ANT","offers":[{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":52759864246488,"sku":"YSL20781","price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0835\/3356\/2072\/files\/81rja29aEoL._SY1500.jpg?v=1792640140","url":"https:\/\/www.bookmebay.com\/products\/b0chdx4pl6","provider":"BookMebay","version":"1.0","type":"link"}