The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner
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The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner is Daniel Ellsberg’s memoir and exposé detailing the dangers, secrecy, and systemic flaws of U.S. nuclear war planning during the Cold War.
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| The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner Context triple: [Daniel Ellsberg, notableWork, The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner]
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A.
Pandora’s Keepers: Nine Men and the Atomic Bomb
Pandora’s Keepers: Nine Men and the Atomic Bomb is a historical nonfiction book that examines the lives, motivations, and moral dilemmas of the key scientists behind the creation of the first atomic bomb.
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B.
How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb is a 2004 rock album by Irish band U2, known for its anthemic sound and hit singles like "Vertigo" and "Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own."
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C.
The Making of the Atomic Bomb
The Making of the Atomic Bomb is Richard Rhodes’s Pulitzer Prize–winning historical account that traces the scientific, political, and human story behind the development of nuclear weapons during World War II.
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D.
Now It Can Be Told: The Story of the Manhattan Project
"Now It Can Be Told: The Story of the Manhattan Project" is a firsthand historical account of the development of the atomic bomb during World War II, written by the U.S. Army general who directed the project.
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E.
Los Alamos Primer
Los Alamos Primer is a series of introductory lectures delivered in 1943 that outlined the fundamental physics and design concepts behind the first atomic bombs for scientists at the Los Alamos Laboratory.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner Target entity description: The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner is Daniel Ellsberg’s memoir and exposé detailing the dangers, secrecy, and systemic flaws of U.S. nuclear war planning during the Cold War.
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A.
Pandora’s Keepers: Nine Men and the Atomic Bomb
Pandora’s Keepers: Nine Men and the Atomic Bomb is a historical nonfiction book that examines the lives, motivations, and moral dilemmas of the key scientists behind the creation of the first atomic bomb.
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B.
How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb is a 2004 rock album by Irish band U2, known for its anthemic sound and hit singles like "Vertigo" and "Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own."
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C.
The Making of the Atomic Bomb
The Making of the Atomic Bomb is Richard Rhodes’s Pulitzer Prize–winning historical account that traces the scientific, political, and human story behind the development of nuclear weapons during World War II.
-
D.
Now It Can Be Told: The Story of the Manhattan Project
"Now It Can Be Told: The Story of the Manhattan Project" is a firsthand historical account of the development of the atomic bomb during World War II, written by the U.S. Army general who directed the project.
-
E.
Los Alamos Primer
Los Alamos Primer is a series of introductory lectures delivered in 1943 that outlined the fundamental physics and design concepts behind the first atomic bombs for scientists at the Los Alamos Laboratory.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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exposé ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
promote nuclear disarmament
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warn about dangers of nuclear weapons ⓘ |
| author | Daniel Ellsberg ⓘ |
| comparesTo |
Stanley Kubrick's film Dr. Strangelove
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linked to:
Dr. Strangelove
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| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| focusesOn |
civilian casualties in nuclear war
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delegation of nuclear launch authority ⓘ first-strike capabilities ⓘ flaws in U.S. nuclear war plans ⓘ nuclear winter risk ⓘ systemic risks of nuclear war ⓘ |
| genre |
Cold War history
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nuclear policy ⓘ political non-fiction ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | first-person account ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Daniel Ellsberg ⓘ |
| mediaType |
ebook
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print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
critique of Cold War nuclear strategy
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insider view of U.S. nuclear planning ⓘ |
| portrays | U.S. nuclear command system as dangerously unstable ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2017 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Bloomsbury Publishing
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Bloomsbury USA ⓘ
linked to:
Bloomsbury Publishing
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| relatedWork | Pentagon Papers ⓘ |
| setting |
Cold War era
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Pentagon ⓘ RAND Corporation ⓘ United States government ⓘ |
| subject |
Cold War
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U.S. nuclear strategy ⓘ United States national security policy ⓘ military secrecy ⓘ nuclear command and control ⓘ nuclear deterrence ⓘ nuclear war planning ⓘ nuclear weapons ⓘ whistleblowing ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered |
1950s
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1960s ⓘ early 1970s ⓘ |
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