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The dead hand : the untold story of the Cold War arms race and its dangerous legacy  Cover Image Book Book

The dead hand : the untold story of the Cold War arms race and its dangerous legacy

Summary: A history of the end of the arms race describes the Soviet Union's development of an automatic retaliatory attack system, the United States's efforts to create space-based missile defenses, and the struggle to prevent nuclear weapons from being acquired by terrorists.

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  • ISBN: 9780385524377 (hc.)
  • Physical Description: print
    viii, 575 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., map ; 25 cm.
  • Edition: 1st ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Doubleday, 2009.

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 491]-553) and index.
Subject: Reagan, Ronald -- Political and social views
Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich -- 1931- -- Political and social views
Arms race -- History -- 20th century
Nuclear disarmament -- History -- 20th century
Cold War
Cold War -- Influence
United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union
Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States

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