Strategy |
Author: Sarah Scoles
| Reviewed by: Dr. Wylie W. Johnson, chaplain, US Army War College Class of 2010
©2026 Wylie W. Johnson
Countdown: The Blinding Future of Nuclear Weapons discusses the American nuclear weapons enterprise by analyzing arguments from the past and situations in the present. The author explains the field of nuclear anthropology and the effects of having a long-term nuclear stockpile, as well as how research of nuclear weapons has developed over time, computer modeling, and nuclear forensics. The reviewer considers it “a readable, thought-provoking book that makes this dense subject accessible.”
Keywords: nuclear deterrence, Atomic Energy Act, nuclear nonproliferation treaties, Global Zero, nuclear anthropology