Dan’s research and book list:
Ike’s Bluff
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One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War (Vintage, 1)
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In Retrospect: The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam
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War: The Lethal Custom
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Global Catastrophic Risks
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Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety
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Prisoner’s Dilemma: John von Neumann, Game Theory, and the Puzzle of the Bomb
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LeMay: The Life and Wars of General Curtis LeMay
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Averting ‘The Final Failure’: John F. Kennedy and the Secret Cuban Missile Crisis Meetings (Stanford Nuclear Age Series)
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The Wizards of Armageddon (Stanford Nuclear Age Series)
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One Hell of a Gamble: Khrushchev, Castro, and Kennedy, 1958-1964: The Secret History of the Cuban Missile Crisis
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The Journals of David E. Lilienthal, Vol. 2: The Atomic Energy Years 1945-1950
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Bomb Power: The Modern Presidency and the National Security State
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The effects of nuclear war.
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The Kremlin’s Nuclear Sword: The Rise and Fall of Russia’s Strategic Nuclear Forces 1945-2000
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The Week the World Stood Still: Inside the Secret Cuban Missile Crisis (Stanford Nuclear Age Series)
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An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917 – 1963
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Aftermath: The Remnants of War: From Landmines to Chemical Warfare–The Devastating Effects of Modern Combat
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Whole World on Fire: Organizations, Knowledge, and Nuclear Weapons Devastation (Cornell Studies in Security Affairs)
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In the Shadow of War: The United States since the 1930s
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The Invention of Peace: Reflections on War and International Order
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Inside the Kremlin’s Cold War: From Stalin to Krushchev
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To Win a Nuclear War: The Pentagon’s Secret War Plans
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War, Peace and Victory: Strategy and Statecraft for the Next Century
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How to Make War: A Comprehensive Guide to Modern Warfare in the Twenty-first Century – The Essential Classic on Armed Forces, Weapons, and Tactics
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The Armageddon Letters: Kennedy, Khrushchev, Castro in the Cuban Missile Crisis
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KHRUSHCHEV REMEMBERS
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Stalin and the Bomb: The Soviet Union and Atomic Energy, 1939-1956
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Hiroshima Diary: The Journal of a Japanese Physician, August 6-September 30, 1945
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The Culture of the Cold War (The American Moment)
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The Lessons of History
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Technology and War: From 2000 B.C. to the Present
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Doctor at Nagasaki: My First Assignment was Mercy Killing
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The Cuban Missile Crisis in American Memory: Myths versus Reality (Stanford Nuclear Age Series)
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Nuclear Statecraft: History and Strategy in America’s Atomic Age (Cornell Studies in Security Affairs)
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What America Owes the World: The Struggle for the Soul of Foreign Policy (Volume 0)
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A history of strategic bombing
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Hibakusha: Survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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Nagasaki: Life After Nuclear War
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We Now Know: Rethinking Cold War History
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Grand Strategies in War and Peace
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Would the Insects Inherit the Earth? and Other Subjects of Concern to Those Who Worry About Nuclear War
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Roosevelt to Reagan: A Reporter’s Encounters With Nine Presidents
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The Shield of Achilles: War, Peace, and the Course of History
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War: Ends and Means, Second Edition
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Bomb Scare: The History and Future of Nuclear Weapons
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On Thermonuclear War
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World War III: Strategies Tactics and Weapons
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American Airpower Strategy in World War II: Bombs, Cities, Civilians, and Oil (Modern War Studies)
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Strategic Nuclear War: What the Superpowers Target and Why (Contributions in Military Studies)
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NBC WHITE PAPER: DECISION TO DROP THE BOMB (1/5/1965)
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