The Doomsday Machine

Daniel Ellsberg, the whistle-blower behind the Pentagon Papers, offers a firsthand account of America's nuclear program in the 1960s. He exposes the widespread delegation of nuclear weapon authority and the secret plans for general nuclear war that could lead to humanity's near-extinction. This memoir reveals the dangerous legacy of the arms buildup and proposes steps to dismantle the existing 'doomsday machine' to avoid nuclear catastrophe.