Episode Transcript: #2174 - Annie Jacobsen
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The Joe Rogan Experience.
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Good to see you again.
Hi Joe, thanks for having me.
What's happening?
Thanks for having me back. A lot's happening.
My pleasure. I've heard a lot about your book.
I haven't read it, but I've heard a lot about your book from a lot of people that you freaked out.
Okay, well hopefully you can read it, and then you can decide if you're of the freaked out crowd or of the really freaked out crowd.
Oh, there's only two options?
I think so. It doesn't end well. That's the spoiler alert.
Okay, hold the book up. It's called Nuclear War.
Yeah. What motivated you?
Nuclear War, a scenario.
And a very plausible scenario from what I understand from all the defense officials I interviewed.
What motivated you to write this?
Well, six previous books on war weapons, U.S. national security secrets.
Imagine how many people told me they dedicated their lives to preventing nuclear World War III.
And so, during the previous administration, fire and fury rhetoric, I began to think what happens if deterrence fails.