What ‘House of Dynamite’ gets right and wrong about nuclear command and control

I have studied nuclear weapons for my entire adult life and I have watched more than a hundred movies with nuclear weapons in them—from Dr. Strangelove to Austin Powers, from The Day After to several Mission Impossible movies. I also served as Special Assistant to the President of the United States and Senior Director at the National Security Council responsible for things like nuclear arms control and policy. In short, I am a nuclear nerd and know a lot about nuclear weapons.So I sat down