At the abyss an insider's history of the Cold War
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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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Random House Pub.,
c2004.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| 100 | 1 | |a Reed, Thomas C. | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a At the abyss : |b an insider's history of the Cold War / |c Thomas C. Reed ; [introduction by George H.W. Bush]. |
| 250 | |a 1st ed. | ||
| 260 | |a New York : |b Random House Pub., |c c2004. | ||
| 300 | |a ix, 368 p. : |b ill., maps ; |c 25 cm. | ||
| 520 | |a An unvarnished view of America's fight against Communism, from the end of WWII to the closing of the Strategic Air Command. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a 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. | |
| 500 | |a Includes index. | ||
| 500 | |a "A Presidio Press book." ; Ballantine Books. | ||
| 651 | 0 | |a United States |x Foreign relations |z Soviet Union. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Soviet Union |x Foreign relations |z United States. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Cold War. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a World politics |y 1945-1989. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a United States |x Foreign relations |y 1945-1989. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a United States |x Politics and government |y 1945-1989. | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Bush, George, |d 1924-2018. |e introd. | |
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