Sleepwalking With the Bomb

by John C. Wohlstetter

  Strategy

  Aligica, Paul Dragos, and Weinstein, Kenneth R., eds. The Essential Herman Kahn: In Defense of Thinking (2009).

  Brodie, Bernard, ed. The Absolute Weapon: Atomic Power and World Order (1946).

  Bruce-Biggs, B. Shield of Faith: Strategic Defense from Zeppelins to Star Wars (1988).

  Bruce-Briggs, B. Supergenius: The Mega-Worlds of Herman Kahn (2000).

  Freedman, Lawrence. The Evolution of Nuclear Strategy (3rd ed., 2003).

  Friedman, George. The Next 100 Years: A Forecast for the 21st Century (2009).

  Kahn, Herman. On Escalation: Metaphors and Scenarios (1965).

  Kahn, Herman. On Thermonuclear War (1960).

  Kahn, Herman. Thinking about the Unthinkable in the 1980s (1984).

  Krepinevich, Andrew F. 7 Deadly Scenarios: A Military Futurist Explores War in the 21st Century (2009).

  Marshall, Andrew W., Martin, J. J., and Rowen, Henry S. On Not Confusing Ourselves: Essays on National Security Strategy in Honor of Albert and Roberta Wohlstetter (1991).

  Zarate, Robert, and Sokolski, Henry D., eds. Nuclear Heuristics: Selected Writings of Albert and Roberta Wohlstetter (2009).

  Arms Control

  Albright, David. Peddling Peril: How the Secret Nuclear Trade Arms America’s Enemies (2010).

  Kaufman, Robert Gordon. Arms Control during the Pre-Nuclear Era: The United States and Naval Limitation between the Two World Wars (1990).

  Newhouse, John. Cold Dawn: The Story of SALT (1989 ed.).

  Nitze, Paul H., et al. The Fateful Ends and Shades of SALT (1979).

  Reed, Thomas C. At the Abyss: An Insider’s History of the Cold War (2004).

  Reed, Thomas C., and Stillman, Danny B. The Nuclear Express: A Political History of the Bomb and Its Proliferation (2009).

  Sokolski, Henry, et al. Pakistan’s Nuclear Future: Reining in the Risk (December 2009).

  Taubman, Philip. The Partnership: Five Cold Warriors and Their Quest to Ban the Bomb (2012).

  Wohlstetter, Roberta. “The Buddha Smiles”: Absent-Minded Peaceful Aid and the Indian Bomb, Monograph 3, Final Report to the Energy Research and Development Administration (May 1977, rev. November 1977).

  History

  Ambrose, Stephen E. Eisenhower: Soldier and President (1990).

  Anderson, Martin, and Anderson, Annelise. Reagan’s Secret War: The Untold Story of His Fight to Save the World from Nuclear Disaster (2009).

  Brown, Anthony Cave, ed. Dropshot: The American Plan for World War III against Russia in 1957 (1978).

  Bush, George W. Decision Points (2010).

  Carlson, Peter. K Blows Top: A Cold War Comic Interlude, Starring Nikita Khrushchev, America’s Most Unlikely Tourist (2009).

  Cheney, Richard B. In My Time (2011).

  Dobbs, Michael. One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War (2009).

  Fischer, Benjamin B. A Cold War Conundrum: The 1983 Soviet War Scare (July 7, 2008 ed.)

  Frank, Richard B. Downfall: The End of the Imperial Japanese Empire (1999).

  Gordon, Michael, and Trainor, Lt. Gen. Bernard E. The Generals’ War: The Inside Story of the Conflict in the Gulf (1995).

  Gott, Richard. The Evolution of the Independent British Deterrent (1963).

  Groves, Leslie M. Now It Can be Told: The Story of the Manhattan Project (1962).

  Hoffman, David E. The Dead Hand: The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and Its Dangerous Legacy (2009).

  Karpin, Michael. The Bomb in the Basement: How Israel Went Nuclear and What It Means for the World (2006).

  Kempe, Frederick. Berlin 1961: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and the Most Dangerous Place on Earth (2011).

  Kissinger, Henry. Crisis: The Anatomy of Two Major Foreign Policy Crises (2003).

  Kissinger, Henry. Diplomacy (1994).

  Kissinger, Henry. On China (2009).

  Kissinger, Henry. White House Years (1979).

  Kissinger, Henry. Years of Renewal (1998).

  Kissinger, Henry. Years of Upheaval (1982).

  Kozak, Warren. LeMay: The Life and Wars of General Curtis LeMay (2009). Lacouture, Jean. DeGaulle: The Ruler, 1945–1970 (1991).

  Miscamble, Wilson D., CSC. The Most Controversial Decision: Truman, the Atomic Bombs, and the Defeat of Japan (2011).

  Nakdimon, Shlomo. First Strike: The Exclusive Story of How Israel Foiled Iraq’s Attempt to Get the Bomb (1987).

  Nitze, Paul H. From Hiroshima to Glasnost: At the Center of Decision—A Memoir (1989).

  Polmar, Norman. The Enola Gay: The B-29 That Dropped the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima (2004).

  Polmar, Norman, and Allen, Thomas B. Rickover: Father of the Nuclear Navy (2007).

  Rumsfeld, Donald. Known and Unknown: A Memoir (2011).

  Rusk, Dean. As I Saw It (1990).

  Thompson, Nicholas. The Hawk and the Dove: Paul Nitze, George Kennan, and the History of the Cold War (2009).

  Timmerman, Kenneth. Countdown to Crisis: The Coming Nuclear Showdown with Iran (2005).

  Trofimov, Yaroslav. The Siege of Mecca: The Forgotten Episode in Islam’s Holiest Shrine and the Birth of al-Qaeda (2007).

  Wittner, Lawrence S. Confronting the Bomb: A Short History of the World Nuclear Disarmament Movement (2009).

  Reports

  The Acheson-Lilienthal Report: Report on the International Control of Atomic Energy. Department of State Publication 2498 (March 16, 1946).

  “All You Ever Wanted to Know About MIRV and ICBM Calculations but Were Afraid to Ask.” Journal of Conflict Resolution 17, no. 2 (1973).

  America’s Strategic Posture: The Final Report of the Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United States. U.S. Institute of Peace (2009).

  Damage Probabilities for a Small-CEP, Low-Yield, Airburst/Groundburst Attacks against Selected PVN and QVN Point Targets. RAND Corporation (August 1975).

  The Effects of Nuclear War. U.S. Congress, Office of Technology Assessment (1979; reprinted 2005).

  Meeting the Challenge: When Time Runs Out. Bipartisan Policy Center (June 2010).

  National Capital Region: Key Response Planning Factors for the Aftermath of Nuclear Terrorism. Federal Emergency Management Agency (November 2011).

  World at Risk: The Report of the Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction, Proliferation and Terrorism. Vintage (December 2008).

  Fiction

  Bryant, Peter. Red Alert (1958).

  Burdick, Eugene, and Wheeler, Harvey. Fail-Safe (1962).

  Cohen, William S. Blink of an Eye (2011).

  Collins, Larry, and Lapierre, Dominique. The Fifth Horseman (1980).

  Forstchen, William D. One Second After (2009).

  Frank, Pat. Alas, Babylon (1959).

  Knebel, Fletcher, and Bailey, Charles W. II. Seven Days in May (1962).

  Shute, Nevil. On the Beach (1957).

  Wells, H.G. The World Set Free: A Story of Mankind (1914).

  Winnick, Jack. East Wind (2010).

  Film

  The Atomic Cafe. Directed by Jayne Loader, Kevin Rafferty, and Pierce Rafferty (1982).

  Atomic Jihad. Directed by Joel Gilbert (2010).

  The Bedford Incident. Directed by James B. Harris (1965).

  The Day After. Directed by Nicholas Meyer (1983).

  The Day After Trinity: J. Robert Oppenheimer and the Atomic Bomb. Produced by Jon Else (1980).

  Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. Directed by Stanley Kubrick (1964).

  Enola Gay. The History Channel (1995).

  Fail-Safe. Directed by Sidney Lumet (1964).

  Iranium. Produced by Rafael Shore and Michael Pace (2011).

  Kalifornistan. Directed by Jason Appuzzo (2009).

  The Nuclear Tipping Point. Nuclear Security Project (2010).

  On the Beach. Directed by Stanley Kramer (1959).

  Red Dawn. Directed by John Milius (1984).

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