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The Doomsday Machine

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by Daniel Ellsberg

Gorbachev, Mikhail, here, here, here

  Greece, here

  Grigorievich, Valentin, here

  Grotius, Hugh, here

  Groves, Leslie, here, here, here, here, here

  Guam, here, here, here, here, here

  Guernica (Picasso), here

  Guernica, Spain, here

  Gulf oil spill, here

  Gulf War, here

  Habiger, Eugene, here

  Haig, Douglas, here

  hair-trigger alert, here, here, here, here

  Haldeman, H. R., here, here

  Halperin, Morton, here, here, here

  Halsey, William, Jr., here

  Hamburg, Germany, here, here, here, here

  Hanford Site, here, here

  Hansell, Haywood S., here, here

  Hare, Raymond, here, here, here

  Harris, Arthur, here, here

  Hawaii, here, here, here, here, here

  Hawkins, David, here, here

  H-bombs. See also thermonuclear weapons

  A-bombs compared to, and replaced with, here, here, here, here, here, here

  death estimates for, here, here

  Ellsberg’s father and, here, here, here, here

  fighter-bombers armed with, here

  first droppable, tested by U.S., here, here

  fission bomb as trigger to, here, here, here

  Manhattan Project and, here

  nuclear fusion and, here, here

  reality of, here

  Teller and development of, here, here, here

  Hemingway, Ernest, here

  Herken, Gregg, here

  Hersey, John, here, here

  Hersh, Seymour, here, here, here, here

  Hershberg, James, here

  High Gear, here

  Hilsman, Roger, here

  Hirohito (Emperor of Japan), here

  Hiroshima (Hersey), here

  Hiroshima, bombing of, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here

  Hitch, Charlie, here, here

  Hitler, Adolf

  atomic bomb development and, here, here

  British and American terror-bombing and, here, here

  city-bombing and, here, here, here

  madman reputation of, here

  nuclear war risks and, here, here, here

  Poland invaded by, here, here

  Stalin and Soviets equated with, here, here

  strategic bombing and, here, here, here, here, here

  Warsaw attack, here

  Ho Chi Minh, here, here

  Hoffman, David, here

  Hoffman, Fred, here, here

  Holloway, Bruce K., here, here, here

  Horelick, Arnold, here

  Hsieh, Alice, here

  Huchthausen, Peter, here

  Humphrey, Hubert, here

  Hunter, Duncan, here

  Hurricane Katrina, here

  Hussein, Saddam, here

  ICBMs. See intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs)

  Ideal (I) clearance, here

  incendiary bombs, here, here, here, here

  India, here, here, here, here, here

  industrial targets, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here

  In Retrospect (McNamara), here

  intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs). See also Minuteman missiles

  dismantling of, here

  in Soviet Union, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here

  in United States, here, here, here

  interference in dropping nuclear warheads, here, here

  intermediate-range ballistic missiles (IRBM), here, here, here, here, here, here

  international security affairs (ISA), here, here, here, here

  Iran, here, here, here, here, here, here, here

  Iran nuclear deal, here

  Iraq, here, here, here, here, here, here

  Iraq War, here

  IRBM. See intermediate-range ballistic missiles (IRBM)

  iron curtain, here

  ISA. See international security affairs (ISA)

  ISIS, here, here

  Israel, here, here, here, here

  Italy, here, here, here, here, here, here

  Iwakuni, here, here, here, here, here

  Jackson, Henry, here

  Japan. See also Hiroshima, bombing of; Nagasaki, bombing of; Tokyo, Japan

  Air Force bases in, here, here, here

  atomic weapons used on, here, here, here, here, here, here, here

  attacks on Pearl Harbor and Philippines, here, here, here

  bombing of cities in, here, here, here, here

  bombings of Chinese cities, here, here

  CINCPAC communications with, here

  deaths predicted for general war plans, here, here

  earthquake and firestorm in, here, here

  firebombing of, here

  incendiary bombs, here

  Kunsan communications with, here, here

  Nanking massacre by, here

  nuclear weapons forbidden by treaty with, here

  nuclear weapons secretly kept in, here, here, here

  surrender of, here, here

  U.S. extended deterrence over, here

  U.S. first use against, here

  Johnson, Gerald W., here

  Johnson, Lyndon

  delegation of authority and, here

  Ellsberg’s guidance and war planning under, here

  Ho Chi Minh and, here

  LeMay and, here

  McNamara’s advice to, here, here, here

  nuclear war planning and, here, here, here, here, here

  risk accepted by, here

  Vietnam War and, here, here, here

  Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS)

  alternate command centers for, here

  atomic weapons supply and, here, here

  Berlin crisis and, here

  BMEWS warnings and, here

  chain of command and, here

  control system shortcomings and, here, here

  Cuban missile crisis and, here, here, here, here, here, here, here

  death estimates for general war by, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here

  delegation of authority and, here

  Ellsberg’s list of questions for, here, here, here

  general war definition and, here

  guidance for nuclear war plans issued to, here

  JSCP and, here, here

  night bombing and, here

  nuclear war planning, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here

  secretary of defense and, here, here, here

  Soviet bomb testing and, here

  Joint Strategic Capabilities Plan (JSCP), here

  Annex C of (See Annex C of JSCP)

  BNSP general war section draft and, here

  briefing on, here, here

  Ellsberg’s 1961 guidance for, here

  Ellsberg’s list of questions for JCS on, here, here

  JSCP-63, here

  limited war concept, here

  Nitze and, here

  president’s viewing of, here, here

  Top Secret documents associated with, here

  Jones, David, here

  JSCP. See Joint Strategic Capabilities Plan (JSCP)

  just war doctrine, here

  Kadena Air Base, here, here, here, here, here

  Kahn, Albert, here

  Kahn, Herman

  discussion group on responses to strategic threat and, here

  Doomsday Machine envisioned by, here, here, here, here

  fallout shelters and, here

  Soviet missile estimates and, here

  spasm concept of general war and, here

  On Thermonuclear War, here, here, here

  U.S. first strike consequences and, here, here, here

  Kantor, MacKinlay, here, here, here, here

  Kaplan, Fred, here, here

  Karakayev, Sergey, here

  Katz, A
mron, here

  Kaufmann, Bill

  counterforce and, here, here

  discussion group on responses to strategic threat and, here

  McNamara briefed by (1961), here

  McNamara’s speech drafted by, here, here

  nuclear war planning goal, here

  Trinkl and McGarvey relied on by, here

  war fighting and, here

  Kaysen, Carl, here, here, here, here, here, here

  KC-97 tankers, here

  Keegan, George J., Jr., here

  Kehler, Randy, here

  Kennedy, John F.

  Acheson’s advice to, here

  Bay of Pigs and, here

  Berlin crisis and, here, here, here, here, here, here, here

  BNSP and, here

  Cuban missile crisis and, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here

  deaths predicted for nuclear war and, here

  delegation of authority and, here, here, here, here, here

  Ellsberg’s guidance and war planning under, here

  flexible response and, here, here

  general war plans and, here, here

  JCS and control system under, here

  JSCP under administration of, here

  Khrushchev and, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here

  LeMay and, here

  McNamara’s advice to, here, here, here, here

  missile gap and, here, here, here, here

  nuclear war planning and, here, here

  nuclear weapons inherited by, here

  question to JCS about predicted deaths, here

  risks accepted by, here

  at Vienna Summit, here

  war planning policy changes and, here, here, here

  Kennedy, Robert, here, here, here, here, here, here, here

  Kent, Glenn, here

  Keyhole (K) clearance, here, here, here

  Khrushchev, Nikita

  Berlin crisis and, here, here, here

  Berlin Wall and, here

  Cuban missile crisis and, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here

  Cuban missiles dismantled by, here

  Gary Powers shot down by, here

  Gilpatric’s speech and, here, here

  Kennedy and, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here

  McNamara’s speech and, here

  missile production bluffs by, here, here, here, here, here, here

  NORAD warning and, here

  ouster of, here

  predicted rise of, here

  ultimatum of, here, here, here, here

  at Vienna Summit, here, here

  Khrushchev, Sergei, here

  Khrushchev’s Cold War (Fursenko and Naftali), here

  killing a nation, here, here, here

  King, Ernest, here

  King, Martin Luther, Jr., here

  Kissinger, Henry, here, here, here, here, here, here

  Kistiakowsky, George, here, here, here

  Kivette, Frederick N., here, here, here, here

  Komer, Bob, here, here, here, here, here, here

  Korea, here, here, here, here. See also North Korea; South Korea

  Korean War, here, here, here, here, here

  Krieger, David, here

  Kubrick, Stanley, here, here, here, here, here, here

  Kucinich, Dennis, here, here

  Kunsan Air Base, here, here, here

  Kuter, Lawrence, here

  Kuwait, here

  laboratory weapons, here

  Lancaster bomber, here

  land-based missiles, here, here, here, here. See also Minuteman missiles; silo-based land missiles

  Landing Ship, Tank (LST), here, here, here, here, here, here

  Laos, here, here, here, here

  LaRocque, Eugene, here

  Latham, Donald, here

  launch on warning (LOW), here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here

  Laurence, William, here

  Leahy, William D., here, here

  Lebanon crisis (1958), here, here

  Le Duc Tho, here

  LeMay, Curtis

  accusation of Ellsberg by, here

  atomic bombs and, here, here

  B-29s and, here

  B-70 program and, here

  bombing of cities and, here

  civilian deaths and, here, here

  Cuban missile crisis and, here, here, here

  delegation of authority and, here

  firebombing and, here, here

  Kennedy’s appointment of, here

  Minuteman force size and, here

  Mission with LeMay, here, here, here, here

  nuclear war planning and, here

  presidential command authority and, here

  SAC and, here, here, here

  satellite proposal and, here

  Soviet airfields and, here

  Lemnitzer, Lyman, here

  Leningrad, Soviet Union, here, here

  Libby, Willard, here

  Libya, here

  Liebman, Dave, here, here

  limited nuclear options, here, here, here, here

  limited war, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here

  limpet mines, here

  Lindley, Ernest K., here

  Lippmann, Walter, here, here

  local war, here

  London, England, here, here, here, here, here, here

  Los Alamos, here, here, here, here

  LOW. See launch on warning (LOW)

  LST. See Landing Ship, Tank (LST)

  Lucky Dragon fishing boat, here

  Luftwaffe, here, here, here

  Lukeman, Bob, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here

  M-50 thermite incendiary, here

  M-69 incendiary bomb, here

  MacArthur, Douglas, here, here, here

  Madman Theory (Nixon’s), here, here, here, here, here, here

  madness, here

  magnesium bombs, here, here, here, here

  Maine (battleship), here

  Malinovsky, Rodion, here, here

  Manhattan Project

  atmospheric ignition concerns and, here, here, here, here

  brotherhood among scientists of, here

  fear of Nazi crash bomb program, here

  formation of, here

  Germany and atomic bomb and, here, here

  Groves and, here

  H-bomb crash program proposed for, here, here

  launch of, here

  long-range implications of nuclear weapons and, here

  security breach investigations within, here

  sense of foreboding in, here

  Marianas, here, here

  Marine Corps, U.S., here, here, here, here, here

  Mark 28 thermonuclear weapons, here, here, here

  Marshall, Andrew, here, here, here

  Marshall, George, here, here, here

  Maslennikov, Ivan Semenovich, here

  massive retaliation doctrine, here

  Matthews, Chris, here

  McCain, John, here

  McCone, John, here, here

  McElroy, Neil, here

  McGarvey, Dave, here

  McNamara, Robert

  air alert discontinued by, here

  Berlin crisis and, here

  BNSP draft and, here

  central war term and, here

  Clawson’s letter to, here

  Cuban missile crisis and, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here

  flexible response and, here

  at Havana conference (2002), here

  Ho Chi Minh and, here

  JCS and control system and, here

  JSCP briefing and, here

  Kaufmann’s briefing on war fighting/counterforce to, here, here, here, here

  Minuteman ICBMs and, here, here

  missile gap and, here, here, here

  Nitze and, here, here, here

  nuclear war planning and, here, here, here
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  Secretary of Defense Guidance on War Planning and, here, here, here, here, here

  speech at NATO conference, here, here, here, here, here, here

  speech at University of Michigan, here, here

  speech to American Bar Association, here

  U.S. initiation of nuclear war and, here, here

  withhold option on China, here

  McNaughton, John, here, here

  Mediterranean, here, here

  medium-range ballistic missiles (MRBM), here, here, here, here

  MiGs, here

  Miller, Franklin C., here

  mine-shaft gap, here

  Minuteman III missile force, here, here

  Minuteman missiles, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here

  MIRVs. See multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles (MIRVs)

  missile gap

  illusory nature of, here, here, here, here, here

  Kennedy and, here, here, here, here

  McNamara and, here, here, here

  RAND studies and, here, here

  SAC and, here, here

  as term, here

  USAF estimates, here, here, here, here, here, here

  missile trades, here, here

  Mission with LeMay (LeMay and Kantor), here, here, here, here

  Mitchell, Billy, here, here, here

  Mongoose project, here

  morale effect, here, here, here, here, here

  Moratorium, here, here

  Morris, Robert, here, here

  Moscow, Russia

  Dead Hand system and, here, here

  as target, here, here, here, here, here, here, here

  totalitarian control by, here

  withholding of attack on, here

  MRBM. See medium-range ballistic missiles (MRBM)

  multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles (MIRVs), here

  Mussolini, Benito, here

  Naftali, Timothy, here

  Nagasaki, bombing of, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here

  Nanking massacre, here

  napalm bombs, here, here, here, here

  NASA. See National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

  Nasser, Gamal Abdel, here

  National Academy of Sciences, here

  National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), here

  National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, here

  National Defense Education Act, here

  National Intelligence Estimates (NIEs), here, here, here, here, here

  National Security Act (1958), here

  National Security Council (NSC), here, here

  National Security Council Paper NSC-68, here

  NATO

  Berlin crisis and, here, here

  first-use policies, here, here, here, here, here

  formation of, here

  general war targets, here

  Khrushchev and, here, here

  McNamara’s speech at conference of, here, here, here, here, here, here

  missiles in Turkey, here, here, here, here, here, here, here

 

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