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James Carroll

James Carroll , a former Boston Globe columnist, is the author of 20 books, including the just-published novel The Cloister (Doubleday). His history of the Pentagon, House of War, won the PEN-Galbraith Award. His memoir, An American Requiem, won the National Book Award. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He lives in Boston with his wife, the writer Alexandra Marshall.

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"Strategic" Atomic Weapons rolled out in Preparation for a Thinkable Nuclear War

“Strategic” Atomic Weapons rolled out in Preparation for a Thinkable Nuclear War

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