The brink : President Reagan and the nuclear war scare of 1983 / Marc Ambinder.
This book tells the story of the 1983 war game that triggered a tense, brittle period of nuclear brinkmanship between the United States and the former Soviet Union.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781476760377
- ISBN: 1476760373
- Physical Description: xx, 364 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Simon & Schuster edition
- Publisher: New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2018.
- Copyright: ©2018
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-308) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Part I: Decapitation. Détente's rise and fall ; Toward protracted nuclear war ; Decapitation ; Man in the gap ; Project RYAN ; Warning ; Zero-zero ; Ivy League '82 ; Bogging down ; The view from London -- Part II: To the brink. 1983 ; The Evil Empire ; SDI and sabotage ; Provocations ; Diamonds ; Spy vs. spy ; Green shoots ; The Phantom (part I) ; The Phantom (part II) ; The day before The Day After ; Able Archer 83 ; FLASH telegram ; Validate and authenticate ; Open hatches -- Part III: Endgame(s). Sacrifice ; Warning of war ; Ivan and Anya ; What did we miss? ; Arguing on behalf of Soviet fears ; How can this be? ; Roll the dice ; A new hope, but still, Star Wars? ; Not to miss the chance ; To Geneva.
Search for related items by subject
- Subject:
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization > History > 20th century.
Military maneuvers > Europe > History > 20th century.
Nuclear crisis control > History > 20th century.
Nuclear weapons > Government policy > United States > History > 20th century.
Cold War.
Europe > History, Military > 20th century.
United States > History, Military > 20th century.
Soviet Union > Foreign relations > United States.
United States > Foreign relations > Soviet Union.
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| Jacksonville Main Library | 355.52 AMB (Text) | 36015000089736 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Bordeaux Library | 355.5209 A (Text) | 31781065063156 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Cleveland County Main Library | 355.021 AMB (Text) | 22281500138014 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Eden Library | 355.520 A (Text) | 31554010259140 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Goldsboro Library | 355.52 AMB (Text) | 900000000590514 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Henderson Main Branch | 355.52 A (Text) | 33258009856084 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Kinston-Lenoir County Public Library | 355.021 A (Text) | 39149007795065 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Reidsville Library | 355.520 A (Text) | 31554010259165 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Statesville Main Library | 355.52094 AMB (Text) | 33114018039420 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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