Nuclear War: A Scenario

Nuclear War: A Scenario by Pulitzer Prize finalist Annie Jacobsen is a chilling, meticulously researched exploration of what would happen in the first minutes after a nuclear missile launch toward the United States.

Drawing on exclusive interviews with military and civilian experts, Jacobsen reveals the split-second decisions, fragile systems, and immense risks behind nuclear warfare. With gripping detail and urgency, she exposes how easily a single event could trigger global catastrophe—making this book an essential and terrifying look at the world’s most devastating threat.