The 'Secret History' Of Nuclear War
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In his new book, 'The Bomb,' journalist Fred Kaplan pulls back the curtain on how U.S. presidents, their advisers and generals have thought about, planned for — and sometimes narrowly avoided — nuclear war. Also, Kevin Whitehead reviews the first album from an all-star band of jazz women, called Artemis.
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