An edition of At the abyss
(2004)
At the abyss
an insider's history of the Cold War
1st ed.
by Reed, Thomas C.
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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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At the abyss: an insider's history of the Cold War
2004, Presidio Press/Ballantine Books
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At the abyss: an insider's history of the Cold War
2004, Random House Pub.
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- 1st ed.
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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.
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| October 7, 2017 | Edited by MARC Bot | merge duplicate works of 'At the abyss' |
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