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FSogol

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4. Sales candy. The book isn't hyperbolic. There were periods when the planning was geared

Mon Jun 4, 2018, 08:57 AM

Jun 2018

toward letting citizens fend for themselves and some people involved admitted it. Early forms (the mutual destruction days) were concerned with destroying the Soviets in lieu of limiting casualties. Supreme Court Justice Warren Burger stopped paying attention to planning because they wouldn't let his wife join him.

The book has a good insight into all the administrations from FDR to present day. The origins of FEMA, the Emergency Broadcast System, the origins of text messaging, the hot line, the nuclear football, Mt Weather, Raven Rock, Presidential succession, and much more. Jimmy Carter and Zbigniew Brzezinski come off particularly well.

The nuclear age did cause paranoia, but the book is a factual history of the events.

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Finishing up: "Raven Rock: The Story of the US Govt's Secret Plan to Save Itself [View all] FSogol Jun 2018 OP

Um, well, yeah. We do want our central government to survive an attack so the they can direct the Nitram Jun 2018 #1

Um, the book is a history of the preparations & facilities the govt made to protect itself. FSogol Jun 2018 #2

FSogol, did you actually read the post? I quote, "The shocking truth about the government's Nitram Jun 2018 #3

Sales candy. The book isn't hyperbolic. There were periods when the planning was geared FSogol Jun 2018 #4

I suggest that if the book is a factual and objective history of events that hyperbolic and Nitram Jun 2018 #5

LOL, please add me to your ignore list. I've never seen someone be so disagreeable about a book rec. FSogol Jun 2018 #6