Almighty

By Dan Zak,

Book cover of Almighty: Courage, Resistance, and Existential Peril in the Nuclear Age

Book description

On July 28, 2012, three senior citizens broke into one of the most secure nuclear-weapons facilities in the world. An 82 Catholic nun, a Vietnam veteran, and a house smeared the walls with human blood and spray-painted quotes from the Bible. Then they waited to be arrested. This simple act…

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Zak is an award-winning reporter for the Washington Post, where his gift for prose is on regular display.

When he turned his skillful journalist’s eye toward nuclear weaponry and present-day anti-nuclear activism, the result was a book that takes readers through the night and aftermath of a break-in at one of the most secure facilities in the country and a look at the moments and forces in history that shaped the people involved.

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