Annie Jacobsen

And that is possible, and that's what everyone in Washington fears.

And I think this goes back to the idea that it's great 10, 20 years later to be like, oh, my God, look what they were doing.

Can you believe they covered this all up and learned from it?

But you can't learn from the fact.

how dangerous nuclear war is, how close we are, how we are one misunderstanding away from a nuclear war.

Once it happens, there's no learning.

There's no learning.

There's no opportunity, which is why I always say read nuclear war scenario.

Join the conversation while we can all still have one.

Okay.

Annie Jacobson.

You and I both know Google, AI, everything works.

All you need is a name anymore.

So I'm coming back at you with a very dark answer and a very big number. And that number is 5 billion people.

So I'm coming back at you with a very dark answer and a very big number. And that number is 5 billion people.

So I'm coming back at you with a very dark answer and a very big number. And that number is 5 billion people.

So to start off, the reason I wrote the book is so that readers like you could see in appalling detail just how horrific nuclear war would be. And as you said, second by second, minute by minute, the book covers nuclear launch to nuclear winter. I purposely don't get into the politics that lead up to that or the national security maneuvers or the posturing or any of that.

So to start off, the reason I wrote the book is so that readers like you could see in appalling detail just how horrific nuclear war would be. And as you said, second by second, minute by minute, the book covers nuclear launch to nuclear winter. I purposely don't get into the politics that lead up to that or the national security maneuvers or the posturing or any of that.

So to start off, the reason I wrote the book is so that readers like you could see in appalling detail just how horrific nuclear war would be. And as you said, second by second, minute by minute, the book covers nuclear launch to nuclear winter. I purposely don't get into the politics that lead up to that or the national security maneuvers or the posturing or any of that.

I just want people to know nuclear war is insane. And every source I interviewed for this book, from Secretary of Defense, you know, all retired, nuclear subforce commander, STRATCOM commander, FEMA director, on and on and on, nuclear weapons engineers, they all shared with me the common denominator that nuclear war is insane.