Annie Jacobsen

From the bestselling author of Nuclear War: A Scenario. Discover the untold story of America's most powerful military science agency. In this first-ever history of the Defense Department's most secret, most powerful and most controversial military science R&D agency, Sunday Times bestselling author Annie Jacobsen draws on inside sources, exclusive interviews, private documents, and declassified memos to demystify DARPA, 'the Pentagon's brain'. Since its Cold War inception in 1958, DARPA's innovations have shaped the modern world - from its role in the development of the Internet and GPS to stealth technology. Yet, the agency's cutting-edge projects remain cloaked in secrecy, often outpacing public domain advancements by decades. In this groundbreaking account, Jacobsen uncovers DARPA's hidden history, triumphs and controversies, exploring its role in pioneering technologies that redefine warfare and society while questioning the wisdom of allowing DARPA to determine what lies ahead.

From the author of Nuclear War: A Scenario, this is the gripping story of how a select group of scientists, under the watchful eye of the CIA, sought to harness the power of the mind as tools of espionage and warfare. 'A well-researched and fascinating tale' Forbes This is a book about a team of scientists and psychics with top secret clearances. For more than forty years, the U.S. government has researched extrasensory perception, using it in attempts to locate hostages, fugitives, secret bases, and downed fighter jets, to divine other nations' secrets, and even to predict future threats to national security. The intelligence agencies and military services involved include CIA, DIA, NSA, DEA, the Navy, Air Force, and Army-and even the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Now, for the first time, New York Times bestselling author Annie Jacobsen tells the story of these radical, controversial programs, using never before seen declassified documents as well as exclusive interviews with, and unprecedented access to, more than fifty of the individuals involved. Speaking on the record, many for the first time, are former CIA and Defense Department scientists, analysts, and program managers, as well as the government psychics themselves. Who did the U.S. government hire for these top secret programs, and how do they explain their military and intelligence work? How do scientists approach such enigmatic subject matter? What interested the government in these supposed powers and does the research continue? Phenomena is a riveting investigation into how far governments will go in the name of national security.

In this engrossing and deeply disturbing exposé from the bestselling author of Nuclear War: A Scenario, Annie Jacobsen tells the gripping story of a decades-long, covert project to bring Hitler's scientists and their families to the United States. In the chaos following the Second World War, the US government faced a critical decision: what to do with the great scientific minds of the Third Reich. Many were accused of war crimes, and others had stood trial at Nuremberg; one was convicted of mass murder. Nevertheless, the US government secretly decided that their knowledge of rocketry and medical advances were vital to the outcome of the Cold War. Drawing on exclusive interviews with dozens of Paperclip family members, colleagues, and interrogators, and dossiers discovered in archives across the world, Annie Jacobsen follows more than a dozen German scientists through their postwar lives and into one of the most startling, complex, nefarious, and jealously guarded government secrets of the twentieth century.

Brought to you by Penguin. There is only one scenario other than an asteroid strike that could end the world as we know it in a matter of hours: nuclear war. And it could start in as little as 26 minutes and 40 seconds from now… A pulse-pounding non-fiction thriller for listeners of American Prometheus by Kai Bird or Midnight in Chernobyl by Adam Higginbotham. The first rule of nuclear war is that there are no rules. Up to now, no one outside of official circles has known exactly what would happen if a rogue state launched a nuclear missile at the Pentagon. Second by second and minute by minute, these are the real-life protocols that choreograph the end of civilisation as we know it. If a single nuclear missile is launched, it provokes two dozen in return. Frantic calls over secure lines work to confirm the worst as armoured helicopters are scrambled outside. Decisions over hundreds of millions of lives need to be made within six minutes, based on partial information, knowing that once launched, nothing is capable of halting the destruction. Because the plans for General Nuclear War are among the most classified secrets held by the United States government, this book takes the listener up to the razor’s edge of what can legally be known. Based on dozens of new interviews with military and civilian experts who have built the weapons, been privy to the response plans, and been responsible for the decisions that will be made, this is the only account of what a nuclear exchange would look like. Nuclear War is at once a compulsive non-fiction thriller and a powerful argument that we must rid ourselves of these world-ending weapons for ever.

Okrem pádu asteroidu na Zem existuje len jeden ďalší scenár, ktorý by znamenal koniec sveta, aký poznáme – jadrová vojna. Spúšťačom tejto vojny by bola strela namierená na Spojené štáty americké. Scenár, ako by mohli vyzerať chvíle po odpálení zbrane s jad rovými hlavicami, je založený na faktoch pochádzajúcich z exkluzívnych rozhovorov s rôznymi odborníkmi, ktorí celé desaťročia spolupracovali na príprave týchto desivých procedúr. Plány súvisiace s globálnou jadrovou vojnou patria medzi najprísnejšie stráže né tajomstvá americkej vlády. Použitie jadrových zbraní je šialenstvo. Napriek tomu sa dnes skloňuje najčastejšie od obdobia studenej vojny. Ruský prezident Vladimir Putin povedal, že „neblafuje“ o možnosti použitia zbraní hromadného ničenia. Severná Kóre a nedávno obvinila USA zo „zlovestného úmyslu vyprovokovať jadrovú vojnu“. Všetci čakáme ako na ihlách. Čo ak odstrašovanie zlyhá? V knihe Jadrová vojna – Jeden z možných scenárov finalistka Pulitzerovej ceny Annie Jacobsen podrobne prevedie čitateľov fikt ívnym svetom, ktorý vznikne vypustením prvej jadrovej hlavice a skončí sa nukleárnou zimou. Ide o sugestívnu knihu, ktorá upozorňuje na hrozbu zániku súčasnej civilizácie. Jej cieľom je priblížiť, aká príšerná budúcnosť nás čaká, ak sa nespamätáme.

Okrem pádu asteroidu na Zem existuje len jeden ďalší scenár, ktorý by znamenal koniec sveta, aký poznáme – jadrová vojna. Spúšťačom tejto vojny by bola strela namierená na Spojené štáty americké. Scenár, ako by mohli vyzerať chvíle po odpálení zbrane s jadrovými hlavicami, je založený na faktoch pochádzajúcich z exkluzívnych rozhovorov s rôznymi odborníkmi, ktorí celé desaťročia spolupracovali na príprave týchto desivých procedúr. Plány súvisiace s globálnou jadrovou vojnou patria medzi najprísnejšie strážené tajomstvá americkej vlády. Použitie jadrových zbraní je šialenstvo. Napriek tomu sa dnes skloňuje najčastejšie od obdobia studenej vojny. Ruský prezident Vladimir Putin povedal, že „neblafuje“ o možnosti použitia zbraní hromadného ničenia. Severná Kórea nedávno obvinila USA zo „zlovestného úmyslu vyprovokovať jadrovú vojnu“. Všetci čakáme ako na ihlách. Čo ak odstrašovanie zlyhá? V knihe Jadrová vojna – Jeden z možných scenárov finalistka Pulitzerovej ceny Annie Jacobsen podrobne prevedie čitateľov fiktívnym svetom, ktorý vznikne vypustením prvej jadrovej hlavice a skončí sa nukleárnou zimou. Ide o sugestívnu knihu, ktorá upozorňuje na hrozbu zániku súčasnej civilizácie. Jej cieľom je priblížiť, aká príšerná budúcnosť nás čaká, ak sa nespamätáme

Az atomháború réme régóta kísérti az emberiséget, 2022 óta pedig ismét fokozott figyelem övezi a témát. Ha bekövetkezik, az az első és egyben az utolsó is lesz. Az oknyomozó újságírás behatóan foglalkozik a nukleáris hadviselés különböző aspektusaival: technológiákkal, tervekkel és kockázatokkal, ám a Pulitzer-díjra jelölt Annie Jacobsen, új könyvében fáradhatatlan kutatómunka és a számtalan bennfentes hírszerzői háttérbeszélgetés segítségével emeli a tétet. A legmegrázóbb thrillerek stílusában vázolja fel a legrosszabb forgatókönyvet, ahogy nagyjából 75 perc leforgása alatt vége a világnak. Feszült, idegtépő tudományos riport a 21. század geopolitikai folyamatairól, amelyek során az atomhatalmak nap mint nap igyekeznek elkerülni az apokalipszist. Jacobsen könyvében a valóság sokszor sokkal ijesztőbb, mint bármely fikció.

'As fast paced as a thriller' Fred Burton, Stratfor Talks' Pen and Sword Podcast 'Jacobsen here presents a tour de force exploring the CIA's paramilitary activities...this excellent work feels like uncovering the tip of the iceberg ...Highly recommended for those seeking a better understanding of American foreign policy in action' Jacob Sherman, Library Journal 'A behind-the-scenes look at the most shadowy corners of the American intelligence community...Well-sourced and well-paced, this book is full of surprises' Kirkus 'Annie Jacobsen takes us inside the darkest and most morally ambiguous corner of our government, where politicians ask brave men and women to kill-up close and personal-on America's behalf' Garrett M. Graff, author of Raven Rock: The Story of the U.S. Government's Secret Plan to Save Itself - While the Rest of us Die 'This is a first rate book on the CIA, its paramilitary armies, operators, and assassins' New York Journal of Books 'Having already demonstrated her remarkable aptitude for unearthing government secrets in books like Area 51 (2011) and The Pentagon's Brain (2015), Jacobsen pulls back the curtain on the history of covert warfare and state sanctioned assassinations from WWII to the present...Jacobsen's work revealing a poorly understood but essential slice of warfare history belongs in every library collection' Booklist The definitive, character-driven history of CIA covert operations and U.S. government-sponsored assassinations, from the author of the Pulizter Prize finalist The Pentagon's Brain Since 1947, domestic and foreign assassinations have been executed under the C IA-led covert action operations team. Before that time, responsibility for taking out America's enemies abroad was even more shrouded in mystery. Despite Hollywood notions of last-minute rogue-operations and external secret hires, covert action is actually a cog in a colossal foreign policy machine, moving through, among others, the Bureau of Intelligence and Research, the House and Senate Select Committees. At the end of the day, it is the President, not the C IA, who is singularly in charge. For the first time, Pulitzer Prize finalist and New York Times bestselling author Annie Jacobsen takes us deep inside this top-secret history. With unparalleled access to former operatives, ambassadors, and even past directors of the Secret Service and CIA operations, Jacobsen reveals the inner workings of these teams, and just how far a U.S. president may go, covertly but lawfully, to pursue the nation's interests.