Weapon Control

Famed investigative journalist Eric Schlosser digs deep to uncover secrets about the management of America's nuclear arsenal. A groundbreaking account of accidents, near misses, extraordinary heroism, and technological breakthroughs, Command and Control explores the dilemma that has existed since the dawn of the nuclear age: How do you deploy weapons of mass destruction without being destroyed by them? That question has never been resolved - and Schlosser reveals how the combination of human fallibility and technological complexity still poses a grave risk to mankind.

This book by military strategist Andrew F. Krepinevich, Jr., is the definitive take on the race for military dominance in the twenty-first century. It shows how militaries that successfully pursue disruptive innovation can gain a major advantage over their rivals, while those that fail to do so risk exposing their countries to great danger.

Fred Kaplan, hailed by The New York Times as “a rare combination of defense intellectual and pugnacious reporter,” takes us into the White House Situation Room, the Joint Chiefs of Staff’s “Tank” in the Pentagon, and the vast chambers of Strategic Command to bring us the untold stories - based on exclusive interviews and previously classified documents - of how America’s presidents and generals have thought about, threatened, broached, and just barely avoided nuclear war from the dawn of the atomic age until today.

The Doomsday Machine is Ellsberg's hair-raising insider's account of the most dangerous arms buildup in the history of civilization, whose legacy - and renewal under the Obama administration - threatens the very survival of humanity. It is scarcely possible to estimate the true dangers of our present nuclear policies without penetrating the secret realities of the nuclear strategy of the late Eisenhower and early Kennedy years, when Ellsberg had high-level access to them.

The first rule of nuclear war is that there are no rules. Up to now, no one outside of official circles has known exactly what would happen if a rogue state launched a nuclear missile at the Pentagon. Second by second and minute by minute, these are the real-life protocols that choreograph the end of civilisation as we know it. Because the plans for General Nuclear War are among the most classified secrets held by the United States government, this book takes the listener up to the razor’s edge of what can legally be known.

The culminating volume in Richard Rhodes’s monumental and prizewinning history of nuclear weapons, offering the first comprehensive narrative of the challenges faced in a post-Cold War age. The past 20 years have transformed our relationship with nuclear weapons drastically. With extraordinary depth of knowledge and understanding, Rhodes makes clear how the five original nuclear powers - Russia, Great Britain, France, China, and especially the United States - have struggled with new realities.

Nearly 30 years after the end of the Cold War, today's world leaders are abandoning disarmament treaties, building up their nuclear arsenals, and exchanging threats of nuclear strikes. To survive this new atomic age, we must relearn the lessons of the most dangerous moment of the Cold War: the Cuban missile crisis. Serhii Plokhy offers an international perspective on the crisis, tracing the tortuous decision-making that produced and then resolved it, which involved John Kennedy and his advisers, Nikita Khrushchev and Fidel Castro, and their commanders on the ground.

In his shocking and revelatory new work, celebrated journalist William Langewiesche investigates the burgeoning threat of nuclear-weapons production and the inexorable drift of nuclear-weapons technology from the hands of the rich into the hands of the poor. As more unstable and undeveloped nations acquire the ultimate arms, the stakes of state-sponsored nuclear activity have soared to frightening heights. Even more disturbing is the likelihood of such weapons being used by guerrilla non-state terrorists.

Wolverine is more than claws, rage, and adamantium. He is one of the most complex figures in modern mythology — a man defined not by victory, but by survival. The Beast and the Man: The Psychology of Wolverine is a deep exploration of what makes him endure. Drawing on themes of trauma, exile, love, loss, and the eternal war within, this book uncovers the human truths behind the most feral of mutants. Inside these pages, you’ll discover: Endurance as Heroism: Why Wolverine’s legacy is not triumph but survival, and why endurance itself can be an act of defiance. The Beast vs. The Man: ...

Editor’s Note – Confidential Briefing Permission to Be Powerful: Intelligence Bulletin #001 This is not a typical post. What you’re about to read is the result of months of research into declassified military encounters, leaked eyewitness testimony, and forgotten historical records. These cases have been downplayed, distorted, or buried entirely — not because they aren’t credible, but because they are. Each incident featured here was witnessed by fighter pilots, nuclear technicians, air traffic controllers, or civilian professionals with nothing to gain and everything to lose by ...

Non-proliferation is the attempt to prevent the spread of nuclear, biological, and chemical (NBC) weapons through international treaties and cooperative efforts to control NBC related technologies. The 1968 Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) acknowledged five nuclear power states and declared that other nations who joined the treaty would forego development of nuclear weapons. It implied the ultimate goal of all nations to be free of nuclear weapons. To enforce this treaty the International Atomic Energy Association (IAEA) conducts inspections of a nation’s declared nuclear related facilities...

You can’t defeat what you tolerate. And you can’t cast out what you refuse to discern. The Ahab and Jezebel spirit is not a story, it’s a system. A spiritual agenda designed to silence prophets, destroy families, weaken prayer altars, and dethrone spiritual authority. And it’s likely hiding in places you haven’t even looked. Discerning and Defeating the Ahab and Jezebel Spirit exposes this demonic partnership and its influence in churches, marriages, governments, and bloodlines. This is not just a teaching, it’s a confrontation. Inside, you’ll learn: How Jezebel spirits ...

Discover the Future of Humanity In "Robot and AI: The New Quest of Humanity," brilliant author Nick Simoneschi takes you on an insightful journey into the evolving relationship between humans and intelligent machines. As robots and AI seamlessly cohabit our world, Simoneschi explores the profound philosophical dilemmas, ethical challenges, and risks that come with this new era. But this book is more than just a reflection — it’s a call to action. Simoneschi proposes a visionary "Universal Treaty of Rights and Regulations" to ensure harmonious coexistence between humans and AI. Filled ...

On September 23, 1949, President Harry S. Truman announced that an atomic explosion had occurred in the Soviet Union. Over the next few days, The New York Times and Washington Post ran articles discussing the timing of the explosion, its impact on military aid to Europe, and subsequent calls for international atomic control.

After escaping Lengard and finding sanctuary with the Remnants, Alyssa Scott is desperate to save those she left behind - and the rest of the world - from the power-hungry scientist Kendall Vanik. But secrets and lies block her at every turn, and soon Lyss is questioning everything she has ever believed. When long-lost memories begin to surface and the mysteries of her past continue to grow, Lyss battles to retain her hard-won control.

A ground-breaking account of accidents, near-misses, extraordinary heroism, and technological breakthroughs, Command and Control explores the dilemma that has existed since the dawn of the nuclear age: how do you deploy weapons of mass destruction without being destroyed by them? Schlosser reveals that this question has never been resolved, and while other headlines dominate the news, nuclear weapons still pose a grave risk to mankind.

What price is too great to save a life? By offering up his life for another, Tol doomed his entire race. Through an incredible feat of power and a magic only she can access, Olivia spared a friend and condemned herself. As Addy watched her happiness and love bleed out on a sandy shore, her dreams turned to dust. The cruel Supernal’s quest for power has brought both the mortal and immortal worlds to the edge of annihilation. The only way to challenge him will be through strange alliances, daring risks, and heartbreaking sacrifices. But with war on the horizon, are any of them strong enough...

She lost freedom in pursuit of liberty. How can she survive her enslavement? Shila was an average person pursuing her life goals. Things went sideways when some people considered her to be above average level and tried to pull her down and pull her back. The struggle to move forward and upward made her lose control over her own life. She kept moving from one personal wish to another professional goal. Though she often became a victim in the process, yet she embraced the brutal process destroying the lives and the values that hold society together. Will she keep breathing as a zombie trapped...

Addy is a farmer in upstate New York. Tol is the prince of a dying magical race. Both are trapped in lives they didn’t choose. 18-year-old Addy has spent her entire life in a small town, where the most exciting activity is watching corn grow. That is, until seven-foot warriors crash through her front door. They kidnap her sister and then try to kill her. As she faces their swords with nothing but her fists, she’s saved by a man who obliterates her enemies without laying a finger on them. His name is Tol, and he claims to be a magical, mind-controlling prince. Tol has spent his life ...

Enter the world of the Chosen and Forsaken…mind-control and magically-enhanced weapons…with Book Two of The Fount series. Now, in THE FORSAKEN’S CHOICE, Addy and Tol are in a race against forces that seek to tear them apart. They’re determined to travel from Texas to Vitaquias—the world that was laid to waste—to find the only person who might be able to help them. With the Chosen people’s life-giving Source almost gone and the cruel Forsaken general closing in, Addy and Tol are running out of time. If they fail, they won’t be the only ones to bear the cost. Addy’s sister ...