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Books like Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety
The best books like Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety are The Making of the Atomic Bomb, American Prometheus, and The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich. Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety by Eric Schlosser is about nuclear weapons, bureaucracy and safety, cold war. If that's what drew you in, here are 12 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.
- The Making of the Atomic Bomb
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Richard Rhodes · History
Richard Rhodes spent years researching the scientific and political story behind the Manhattan Project, and the result is a work of narrative history that refuses to treat the bomb as either a triumph or a horror to be judged from a comfortable distance.
A kindred history read.
Read the summary → - American Prometheus
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Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin · Biography
Kai Bird and Martin J.
Both dig into nuclear weapons.
Read the summary → - The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
William L. Shirer · History
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich is William Shirer's comprehensive account of Nazi Germany from the early career of Adolf Hitler through the defeat of the Reich in 1945.
A kindred history read.
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- Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari · History
Sapiens traces the full arc of human history from the emergence of Homo sapiens in Africa roughly 70,000 years ago to the present.
A kindred history read.
Read the summary → - American Moonshot
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Douglas Brinkley · History
Douglas Brinkley's American Moonshot focuses less on the engineering triumph of Apollo 11 than on the political decision that made it possible: John F.
Both dig into cold war.
Read the summary → - Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe 1944–1956
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Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe 1944–1956
Anne Applebaum · History
Iron Curtain is Anne Applebaum's account of how the Soviet Union destroyed civil society and imposed communist rule across Eastern Europe between 1944 and 1956.
Both dig into cold war.
Read the summary → - The Cold War: A New History
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John Lewis Gaddis · History
John Lewis Gaddis wrote The Cold War: A New History as a short, synthetic account of the entire superpower conflict, from the end of World War II through the Soviet collapse in 1991.
Both dig into cold war.
Read the summary → - The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War
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The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War
Ben Macintyre · History
Ben Macintyre tells the story of Oleg Gordievsky, a KGB officer who became the most important British spy of the Cold War.
Both dig into cold war.
Read the summary → - 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
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1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
Charles C. Mann · History
Charles Mann's 1491 sets out to correct a widespread misconception: that the Americas before Columbus were a mostly empty wilderness populated by small, isolated bands of hunter-gatherers living in gentle harmony with an untouched nature.
A kindred history read.
Read the summary → - 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created
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1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created
Charles C. Mann · History
Where 1491 ends, 1493 begins.
A kindred history read.
Read the summary → - 1776
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David McCullough · History
David McCullough's 1776, published in 2005, covers a single year of the American Revolution — from the winter siege of Boston through Washington's crossing of the Delaware and the surprise victory at Trenton.
A kindred history read.
Read the summary → - A Man on the Moon
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Andrew Chaikin · History
A Man on the Moon is Andrew Chaikin's exhaustive narrative history of the Apollo program, from the first lunar orbit of Apollo 8 in 1968 through the final mission, Apollo 17, in 1972.
A kindred history read.
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Books like Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety: quick answers
What are the best books like Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety?
The best books like Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety by Eric Schlosser are The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes, American Prometheus by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari, American Moonshot by Douglas Brinkley, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety, such as nuclear weapons, bureaucracy and safety, cold war.
What should I read after Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety?
A natural next read after Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety is The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes. A kindred history read. Other strong choices are American Prometheus by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari.
What books are similar to Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety by Eric Schlosser?
Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety centers on nuclear weapons, bureaucracy and safety, cold war. Books with a similar feel include The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes, American Prometheus by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari, American Moonshot by Douglas Brinkley, Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe 1944–1956 by Anne Applebaum — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
