Fred M. Kaplan · 1983
A speaker recommends a book written by someone else.
“What did Fred Kaplan call those people? The wizards of Armageddon, right? I love that book. I read that book when I was reporting mine. I was like, oh my, I couldn't, I was like, it was just a delight, that book.”
Why: Described as a delight.
Dan Carlin, Host on Dan Carlin's Hardcore HistoryGladwell and the Bomber Mafia
The author, or a host talking with the author, discusses the book. Not counted as an endorsement.
“to the point where, you know, I conclude my first book was The Wizards of Armageddon. Which was awesome, by the way. We used it as a source. It was fantastic. Oh, thanks. But I mean, it was about these people. That's mainly what it was about.”
Fred Kaplan, Guest on Dan Carlin's Hardcore HistoryStrangelove Whisperings
“one of the best writers that you'll ever read talking about this question of thinking about how you would use or prevent the use of these weapons is a guy named fred kaplan i should probably call him dr fred kaplan he's got a doctorate but he's he's an author who wrote a book called the wizards of armageddon among others we use that book as source material for our destroyer of worlds podcast and it's fantastic stuff…”
Why: It is fantastic stuff that gets into the minds of people dealing with the mental challenge of human beings living with nuclear weapons power.
Dan Carlin, Host on Dan Carlin's Hardcore HistoryStrangelove Whisperings
Other books cited in the same episodes.
The Bomb
Kaplan, Fred
Discussed together in: Strangelove Whisperings (Dan Carlin's Hardcore History)
The Bomber Mafia
Malcolm Gladwell
Discussed together in: Gladwell and the Bomber Mafia (Dan Carlin's Hardcore History)
On Thermonuclear War
Herman Kahn
Discussed together in: Strangelove Whisperings (Dan Carlin's Hardcore History)
The Command of the Air
Giulio Douhet
Discussed together in: Gladwell and the Bomber Mafia (Dan Carlin's Hardcore History)