Annie Jacobsen at the Cambridge Public Library presenting “Nuclear War: A Scenario” in conversation with DR. THEODORE A. POSTOL

Harvard Book Store welcomes ANNIE JACOBSEN—New York Times bestselling author of Area 51 and Operation Paperclip—for a discussion of her new book Nuclear War: A Scenario.She will be joined in conversation by DR. THEODORE A. POSTOL—Professor of Science, Technology and National Security Policy in the Program in Science, Technology, and Society at MIT.

Ticketing

RSVP for free to this event or choose the “Book-Included” ticket to reserve a copy of Nuclear War and pick it up at the event. Annie will sign copies of her new book after the presentation.

About Nuclear War: A Scenario

Every generation, a journalist has looked deep into the heart of the nuclear military establishment: the technologies, the safeguards, the plans, and the risks. These projects are vital to how we understand the world we really live in: where one nuclear missile begets one in return; where the choreography of the world’s end requires massive decisions made on seconds-notice, with information that is only as good as the intelligence we have.

Annie Jacobsen’s Nuclear War: A Scenario explores this ticking clock scenario, based on dozens of new interviews with military and civilian experts who have built the weapons; created the response plans; and been responsible for those decisions should they need to have been made. Nuclear War: A Scenario is unlike any other book in its depth and urgency.