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The brink

President Reagan and the nuclear war scare of 1983

First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.

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An edition of The brink (2018)

The brink

President Reagan and the nuclear war scare of 1983

First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.

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The incredible story of the 1983 war game that triggered a tense, brittle period of nuclear brinkmanship between the United States and the former Soviet Union.

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Simon & Schuster
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English
Pages
364

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Nuclear weapons, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Cold War, Military History, Nuclear crisis control, Government policy, Military maneuvers, Foreign relations, History, Europe, history, military, United states, history, military, Soviet union, foreign relations, united states, United states, foreign relations, soviet union, Historynorth atlantic treaty organization, Military maneuvers--history, Military maneuvers--europe--history--20th century, Nuclear crisis control--history, Nuclear crisis control--history--20th century, Nuclear weapons--government policy--history, Nuclear weapons--government policy--united states--history--20th century, History, military, Ua23 .a5955 2018, 355.5/209409048

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Europe, United States, Soviet Union

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20th century
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Brink: President Reagan and the Nuclear War Scare Of 1983
2018, Simon & Schuster
in English
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The brink: President Reagan and the nuclear war scare of 1983
2018, Simon & Schuster
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Table of Contents

Part I: Decapitation
Détente's rise and fall
Toward protracted nuclear war
Decapitation
Man in the gap
Project RYAN
Warning
Zero-zero
Ivy League '82
Bogging down
The view from London
Part II: To the brink
1983
The Evil Empire
SDI and sabotage
Provocations
Diamonds
Spy vs. spy
Green shoots
The Phantom (part I)
The Phantom (part II)
The day before the day after
Able Archer 83
FLASH telegram
Validate and authenticate
Open hatches
Part III: Endgame(s)
Sacrifice
Warning of war
Ivan and Anya
What did we miss?
Arguing on behalf of Soviet fears
How can this be?
Roll the dice
A new hope, but still, star wars?
Not to miss the chance
To Geneva
Epilogue.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-308) and index.

Copyright Date
2018

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
355.5/209409048
Library of Congress
UA646 .A637 2018, UA23 .A5955 2018, UA646.A637 2018

The Physical Object

Pagination
xx, 364 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Number of pages
364

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL26961102M
ISBN 10
1476760373
ISBN 13
9781476760377
LCCN
2018080040
OCLC/WorldCat
1042329649

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL19748050W

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