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At the abyss : an insider's history of the Cold War / Thomas C. Reed ; [introduction by George H.W. Bush].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Reed, Thomas C.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--Foreign relations--Soviet Union.
- United States.
- International relations.
- Soviet Union.
- Soviet Union--Foreign relations--United States.
- Cold War.
- World politics--1945-1989.
- World politics.
- United States--Foreign relations--1945-1989.
- United States--Politics and government--1945-1989.
- Politics and government.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 368 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Random House Pub., [2004]
- Summary:
- An unvarnished view of America's fight against Communism, from the end of WWII to the closing of the Strategic Air Command.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- "A Presidio Press book." ; Ballantine Books.
- ISBN:
- 0891418210 :
- OCLC:
- 54660419
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