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An edition of At the abyss (2004)

At the abyss

an insider's history of the Cold War

1st ed.

by

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An unvarnished view of America's fight against Communism, from the end of WWII to the closing of the Strategic Air Command.

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Presidio Press/Ballantine Books
Language
English
Pages
368

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Subjects
Politics and government, Cold War, Relations extérieures, World politics, Politique mondiale, Guerre froide, Politique et gouvernement, Foreign relations, Diplomatic relations, Ost-West-Konflikt, Abgrund, Geschichte
Places
United States, États-Unis, URSS, Soviet Union
Times
1945-1989

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At the abyss: an insider's history of the Cold War
2004, Random House Pub.
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At the abyss: an insider's history of the Cold War
2004, Presidio Press/Ballantine Books
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Table of Contents

Communist takeovers and makeovers
The fifties unfold
The Paparazzi pilots
Howard Hughes supplies the props
Rockets and missiles
Sputnik and the missile gap
Nuclear weapons and the Soviet Union
The American cyberskippers
The resumption of nuclear tests
Getting started in Vietnam
Winter on the Spanish coast
Dawn of the information age
The Air Force recovers from Vietnam
Inefficiency kills, empires as well as people
President Reagan sets up the checkmate
Ghost stories from the Reagan White House
The queen of hearts
Cheney, Powell, and the nuclear genie
The closers
The Soviet solstice
The heroes
Closing down.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographucal references and index.
Introduction by George H.W. Bush.
"A Presidio Press book." ; Ballantine Books.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
327.73047/REED
Library of Congress
D843 .R37 2004

The Physical Object

Pagination
ix, 368 p. :
Number of pages
368

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL3326904M
Internet Archive
atabyssinsidersh00reed
ISBN 10
0891418210
LCCN
2004300901
OCLC/WorldCat
55525935
Library Thing
423813
Goodreads
664010

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