Annie Jacobsen

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Annie Jacobson.

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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.

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.

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.

You know, first millions, then tens of millions, then hundreds of millions of people will die in the first 72 minutes of a nuclear war. And then comes nuclear winter where the billions happen from starvation. And so the shock power of all of this is meant for each and every one of us to say, Wait, what? This actually exists behind the veil of national security.

You know, first millions, then tens of millions, then hundreds of millions of people will die in the first 72 minutes of a nuclear war. And then comes nuclear winter where the billions happen from starvation. And so the shock power of all of this is meant for each and every one of us to say, Wait, what? This actually exists behind the veil of national security.

You know, first millions, then tens of millions, then hundreds of millions of people will die in the first 72 minutes of a nuclear war. And then comes nuclear winter where the billions happen from starvation. And so the shock power of all of this is meant for each and every one of us to say, Wait, what? This actually exists behind the veil of national security.

And I don't know, you know, most people do not think about nuclear war on a daily basis. And yet hundreds of thousands of people in the nuclear command and control are at the ready in the event it happens.

And I don't know, you know, most people do not think about nuclear war on a daily basis. And yet hundreds of thousands of people in the nuclear command and control are at the ready in the event it happens.

And I don't know, you know, most people do not think about nuclear war on a daily basis. And yet hundreds of thousands of people in the nuclear command and control are at the ready in the event it happens.