The Wizards of Armageddon
by Fred M. Kaplan · first published 1983
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This is the untold story of the small group of men who have devised the plans and shaped the policies on how to use the Bomb. The book (first published in 1983) explores the secret world of these strategists of the nuclear age and brings to light a chapter in American political and military history never before revealed. -- from back cover.
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“Wizards of Armageddon” is one of the best books about anything ever. It makes articles like the one linked redundant.
on “When RAND made magic in Santa Monica” ↗…the Vietnam War he found at RAND, and Paul Baran, who proposed a national packet switched computer network, which provided the technical foundations for the Arpanet and later the Internet. The book The Wizards of Armageddon by Fred Kaplan tells the story of the early days at RAND. http://www.fredkaplan.info/wizards.htm Availble tech reports from RAND include some of Herman Kahn's early work: https://www.rand.org/pubs/authors/k/kahn_herman.html…
on “Ask HN: What is a think tank? What is the history behind such a thing?” ↗