Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History Show 59 – (Blitz) Destroyer Of Worlds
Episode Description: What happens if human beings can’t handle the power of their own weaponry? This show examines the dangerous early years of the Nuclear Age and humankind’s efforts to avoid self-destruction at the hands of its own creation.
Hardcore History: Hardcore History is Carlin’s forum for exploring topics throughout world history. The focus of each episode varies widely from show to show but they are generally centered on specific historical events and are discussed in a “theater of the mind” style. New episodes are released approximately every four to seven months. Hardcore History, which has millions of downloads per episode, received over 350,000 downloads in a 24-hour period on May 6, 2015. It was nominated in 2012 for a Stitcher Award in the Best Educational & Learning Podcast category.
Book Mentioned in Hardcore History Show 59 - (Blitz) Destroyer Of Worlds:
Book Title: Bomb Power – The Modern Presidency And The National Security State
Author: Garry Wills
Book Title: Nagasaki: Life After Nuclear War
Author: Susan Southard
Book Title: To Win A Nuclear War – The Pentagon’s Secret War Plans
Author: Michio Kaku, Daniel Axelrod
Book Title: The Culture Of The Cold War
Author: Stephen J. Whitfield
Book Title: Prisoner’s Dilemma – John von Neumann, Game Theory, and the Puzzle of the Bomb
Author: William Poundstone
Book Title: Ike’s Bluff – President Eisenhower’s Secret Battle To Save The World
Author: Evan Thomas
Book Title: Stalin And The Bomb
Author: David Holloway
Book Title: Inside The Kremlin’s Cold War – From Stalin to Khrushchev
Author: Vladislav Zubok, Constantine Pleshakov
Book Title: The Guns Of August – The Outbreak Of World War I
Author: Barbara W. Tuchman
Book Title: An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy 1917 – 1963
Author: Robert Dallek