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.