Every book Ivana Hughes recommended on podcasts

Books recommended by Ivana Hughes

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   DOOMSDAY MACHINE

   ELLSBERG DANIEL · Discussed · 1 episode

   Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner is a non-fiction book by Daniel Ellsberg that examines the terrifying risks of nuclear war and U.S.

   Discussed

   “In the ages. Book, The Doomsday Machine, there's a quote I really, really love.”

   The Tucker Carlson Show Nuclear Expert Predicts How Launching a Single Nuke Could Wipe Out All… 2025-10-17 Listen at 1:12:50

   Where to get it

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   Nuclear War

   Annie Jacobsen · Discussed · 1 episode

   Annie Jacobsen's nonfiction book Nuclear War: A Scenario provides a chilling, unsparing countdown and thorough examination of what a global nuclear exchange would actually look like.

   Discussed

   “This is, um, described really, um kind of with amazing clarity in the book by any Jacobson nuclear war scenario, which describes exactly minute by minute how nuclear war starts, um and can start and then what happens for the next 72 minutes.”

   The Tucker Carlson Show Nuclear Expert Predicts How Launching a Single Nuke Could Wipe Out All… 2025-10-17 Listen at 15:32

   Where to get it

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