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The brink : President Reagan and the nuclear war scare of 1983 Cover Image Book

The brink : President Reagan and the nuclear war scare of 1983 / Marc Ambinder.

Ambinder, Marc, (author.).

Summary:

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.

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.

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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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