{"product_id":"tickling-the-dragons-tail-politicians-bureaucrats-and-scientists-in-the-nuclear-age-9798992810912","title":"Tickling the Dragon's Tail: Politicians, Bureaucrats, and Scientists in the Nuclear Age","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy is the Doomsday Clock closer to midnight than ever before?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Tickling the Dragon's Tail, readers are taken deep inside the political and military decisions that have shaped our nuclear age. From the bombing of Hiroshima to near-catastrophes like the Cuban Missile Crisis and a NATO exercise that almost triggered World War III, this gripping history uncovers the hidden motivations and power struggles behind America's atomic policy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith chilling clarity and meticulous research, Kaplan reveals how the United States used the quest for nuclear supremacy to shape global politics and foreign relations-often at staggering risk. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReaders will discover disturbing truths, including: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy top U.S. generals believed the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were unnecessary.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe U.S. spared six Japanese cities from its devastating conventional bombing campaign so they would be available as targets for the atomic bomb.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow the U.S. made nuclear threats at least 25 times since WW II.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe unsettling authority local commanders have to launch nuclear attacks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd how America's quest to be the \"world's sole superpower\" fuels today's growing nuclear danger.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is a sobering call to reexamine the forces that brought us to the brink-and continue to steer us toward a perilous future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKaplan, Jeffrey:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Jeffrey L. Kaplan is a historian whose work on American history has been featured in several academic and literary collections, including Sustainability: A Bedford Spotlight Reader (Bedford\/St. Martin's), Poverty \u0026amp; Race in America: The Emerging Agendas (Rowman \u0026amp; Littlefield), and The Future of Nature: Writing on a Human Ecology (Milkweed Editions).","brand":"Tempkin Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51998126735634,"sku":"9798992810912","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0a2ee2c8-c9f7-4486-9379-c41fa6f1d01b.jpg?v=1774964131","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/tickling-the-dragons-tail-politicians-bureaucrats-and-scientists-in-the-nuclear-age-9798992810912","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}