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The first book was THE CHRYSALIDS but the second one, to be discussed in July, is ALAS BABYLON which is set in 1950s Florida, and so I thought we'd have a podcast episode looking at the local newspaper archives for Florida in that era. If you think of Florida as sun-kissed and care-free, it was slightly different under the nuclear tensions of '59.

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How does a "pal" stop an "individual psychotic" from launching a nuke? JFK had the answer.

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Eisenhower introduced three big nuclear changes which overturned Truman's policies on presidential sole authority.

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More on Truman and sole presidential authority, and why did Curtis LeMay say he would refuse to be 'fat, dumb and happy' if America got nuked?

As with last week's episode on Truman, I must acknowledge the brilliant new book by Alex Wellerstein called The Most Awful Responsibility.

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Jim finally accepts how dire their situation is.

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First in a new series looking at presidential sole authority to "press the button", and what each President has done with that authority. First up is Truman, obviously, and the lesson for the military seems to be: don't mess with Harry!

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Oh dear, it's starting to get really grim!

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How do you protect the written word from the bomb? Using salt mines and shadow libraries and iron mountains!

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Overkill, megadeath and a single Fruit Pastille. We approach the dreadful end.

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Here is the second part of the Prologue to NUCLEAR FEAR, my book on nuclear pop culture which can't find a publisher.

Should I self-publish? Are there enough nuclear nerds out there to make it viable?

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