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The Button: The New Nuclear Arms Race And Presidential Power From Truman To Trump
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The President Has The Power To End The World In Minutes. Right Now, No One Can Stop Him.Since The Truman Administration, America Has Been One Push Of A Button Away From Nuclear WarA Decision That Rests Solely In The Hands Of The President. Without Waiting For Approval From Congress Or Even The Secretary Of Defense, The President Can Unleash AmericaS Entire Nuclear Arsenal.Almost Every Governmental Process Is Subject To Institutional Checks And Balances. Why Is Potential Nuclear Annihilation The Exception To The Rule? For Decades, Glitches And SlipUps Have Threatened To Trigger Nuclear Winter: Misinformation, False Alarms, Hacked Warning Systems, Or Even An Unstable President. And A New Nuclear Arms Race Has Begun, Threatening Us All. At The Height Of The Cold War, Russia And The United States Each Built Up Arsenals Exceeding 30,000 Nuclear Weapons, Armed And Ready To Destroy Each OtherDespite The Fact That Just A Few Hundred Are Necessary To End Life On Earth.From Authors William J. Perry, Secretary Of Defense In The Clinton Administration And Undersecretary Of Defense For Research And Engineering In The Carter Administration, And Tom Z. Collina, The Director Of Policy At Ploughshares Fund, A Global Security Foundation In Washington, Dc, The Button Recounts The Terrifying History Of Nuclear Launch Authority, From The Faulty 46Cent Microchip That Nearly Caused World War Iii To President TrumpS Tweet About His Much Bigger & More Powerful Button. Perry And Collina Share Their Firsthand Experience On The Front Lines Of The NationS Nuclear History And Provide Illuminating Interviews With Former President Bill Clinton, Former Secretary Of Defense Jim Mattis, Congressman Adam Smith, Nobel Peace Prize Winner Beatrice Fihn, Senior Obama Administration Officials, And Many Others.Written In An Accessible And Authoritative Voice, The Button Reveals The Shocking Tales And Sobering Facts Of Nuclear Executive Authority Throughout The Atomic Age, Delivering A Powerful Condemnation Against Ever Leaving Explosive Power This Devastating Under Any One PersonS Thumb.
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