'Fallout' is fun, but the reality of a post-nuclear apocalypse is nightmare fuel
Los Angeles Times -

In her new research-based what-if book "Nuclear War: A Scenario," Pulitzer Prize finalist Annie Jacobsen reveals how a nuclear holocaust would play out in real time. She uses startling facts most citizens outside the military-industrial complex aren't privy to and paints vivid second-by-second descriptions of the catastrophic effects that intercontinental ballistic missiles would have if they struck targets, including Washington, D.C., and Southern California's nuclear power plant in Diablo...

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