{"product_id":"tickling-the-dragons-tail-jeffrey-kaplan-9798992810905","title":"Tickling the Dragon's Tail: Politicians, Bureaucrats, and Scientists in the Nuclear Age","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy is the Doomsday Clock closer to midnight than ever before?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Tickling the Dragon's Tail, readers are taken deep inside the political and military decisions that have shaped our nuclear age. From the bombing of Hiroshima to near-catastrophes like the Cuban Missile Crisis and a NATO exercise that almost triggered World War III, this gripping history uncovers the hidden motivations and power struggles behind America's atomic policy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith chilling clarity and meticulous research, Kaplan reveals how the United States used the quest for nuclear supremacy to shape global politics and foreign relations-often at staggering risk.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReaders will discover disturbing truths, including: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy top U.S. generals believed the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were unnecessary.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe U.S. spared six Japanese cities from its devastating conventional bombing campaign so they would be available as targets for the atomic bomb.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow the U.S. made nuclear threats at least 25 times since WW II.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe unsettling authority local commanders have to launch nuclear attacks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd how America's quest to be the \"world's sole superpower\" fuels today's growing nuclear danger.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is a sobering call to reexamine the forces that brought us to the brink-and continue to steer us toward a perilous future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jeffrey Kaplan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798992810905\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Tempkin Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/15\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 250\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.11lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d","brand":"Jeffrey Kaplan","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48089509167359,"sku":"9798992810905","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d8bb4ae1-99a2-482a-90ee-dd78d1d410ca.jpg?v=1769110712","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/tickling-the-dragons-tail-jeffrey-kaplan-9798992810905","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}