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When Jonathan Schell heard all that loose talk about attainment of objectives in a limited nuclear war, it was too much for him and he did what all of us would like to do: he wrote a book. It is very pessimistic. The mere presence of all those weapons is enough to ensure that sometime,... read more
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- Leaders, Regimes, and Nations: The Kennedy, FDR, Truman, and Carter administrations, as well as Stalin and Khruschev. A slight hat tip is given to the intelligence community.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Jonathan Schell (Author)
Awards edit
- Los Angeles Times Book Prize (1982: Current Interest)
- National Book Critics Circle Award (Finalist, 1982: General Nonfiction)
- Pulitzer Prize (Finalist, 1983: General Nonfiction)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 355.0217
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