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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.

Main Author: Reed, Thomas C.
Other Authors: Bush, George, 1924-2018. (introd.)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Random House Pub., c2004.
Edition: 1st ed.
Subjects:
Cold War.
World politics > 1945-1989.
United States > Foreign relations > Soviet Union.
Soviet Union > Foreign relations > United States.
United States > Foreign relations > 1945-1989.
United States > Politics and government > 1945-1989.
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.

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