Daniel Ellsberg - The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner (Bloomsbury)
Channel: Mechanics' Institute
Date: 2018-01-26

Robert J. Rosenthal, board member and executive producer at The Center for Investigative Reporting, talks with Daniel Ellsberg about his new book, The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner.

Here, for the first time, former high level defense analyst Daniel Ellsberg reveals his shocking first-hand account of America's nuclear program in the 1960s. From the remotest air bases in the Pacific Command, to the secret plans for general nuclear war under Eisenhower, Ellsberg shows that the legacy of this most dangerous arms buildup in the history of civilization—and its proposed renewal under the Trump administration—threatens our very survival. Framed as a memoir, this gripping expose reads like a thriller and offers feasible steps we can take to dismantle the existing "doomsday machine" and avoid nuclear catastrophe.