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The dead hand : the untold story of the Cold War arms race and its dangerous legacy, David E. Hoffman
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- Summary
- During the Cold War, superpowers amassed nuclear arsenals containing the explosive power of one million Hiroshimas. The Soviet Union secretly plotted to create the "Dead Hand," a system designed to launch an automatic retaliatory nuclear strike on the United States, and developed a fearsome biological warfare machine. President Ronald Reagan, hoping to awe the Soviets into submission, pushed hard for the creation of space-based missile defenses. This, the first full account of how the arms race finally ended, provides an unprecedented look at the inner motives and secret decisions of each side. Drawing on top-secret documents from deep inside the Kremlin, memoirs, and interviews in both Russia and the United States, David Hoffman introduces the scientists, soldiers, diplomats, and spies who saw the world sliding toward disaster and tells the gripping story of how Reagan, Gorbachev, and many others struggled to bring the madness to an end.--From publisher description
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- viii, 5757p., [16] p. of plates
- Contents
-
- At the precipice
- War games
- War scare
- The germ nightmare
- The anthrax factory
- The dead hand
- Morning again in America
- "We can't go on living like this"
- Year of the spy
- Of swords and shields
- The road to Reykjavik
- Farewell to arms
- Germs, gas and secrets
- The lost year
- The greatest breakthrough
- The year of living dangerously
- A great unraveling
- The scientists
- Revelations
- Yeltsin's promise
- Project sapphire
- Face to face with evil
- Isbn
- 9780385524377
- Label
- The dead hand : the untold story of the Cold War arms race and its dangerous legacy
- Title
- The dead hand
- Title remainder
- the untold story of the Cold War arms race and its dangerous legacy
- Statement of responsibility
- David E. Hoffman
- Subject
-
- Arms race
- Arms race -- History -- 20th century
- Bewapeningswedloop
- Cold War
- Cold War
- Cold War (1945-1989)
- Cold War -- Influence
- Diplomatic relations
- Geschichte
- Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich, 1931-
- Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich, 1931- -- Political and social views
- Gorbačev, Michail Sergeevič, 1931-
- History
- Massavernietigingswapens
- Nuclear disarmament
- Nuclear disarmament -- History -- 20th century
- Ontwapening
- Ost-West-Konflikt
- Ost-West-Konflikt
- Ost-West-Konflikt
- Political and social views
- Reagan, Ronald
- Reagan, Ronald -- Political and social views
- Reagan, Ronald, 1911-2004
- Rusland
- Rüstungswettlauf
- Rüstungswettlauf
- Rüstungswettlauf
- Soviet Union
- Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States
- Sovjet-Unie
- Sowjetunion
- Sowjetunion
- Sowjetunion
- USA
- USA
- USA
- 1900-1999
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union
- Verenigde Staten
- War -- Influence
- United States
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- During the Cold War, superpowers amassed nuclear arsenals containing the explosive power of one million Hiroshimas. The Soviet Union secretly plotted to create the "Dead Hand," a system designed to launch an automatic retaliatory nuclear strike on the United States, and developed a fearsome biological warfare machine. President Ronald Reagan, hoping to awe the Soviets into submission, pushed hard for the creation of space-based missile defenses. This, the first full account of how the arms race finally ended, provides an unprecedented look at the inner motives and secret decisions of each side. Drawing on top-secret documents from deep inside the Kremlin, memoirs, and interviews in both Russia and the United States, David Hoffman introduces the scientists, soldiers, diplomats, and spies who saw the world sliding toward disaster and tells the gripping story of how Reagan, Gorbachev, and many others struggled to bring the madness to an end.--From publisher description
- Awards note
- Pulitzer Prize 2010 (nonfiction by an American author that is not eligible for consideration in any other category)
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Hoffman, David E.
- Dewey number
- 909.82/5
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- U264
- LC item number
- .H645 2009
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Reagan, Ronald
- Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich
- Reagan, Ronald
- Gorbačev, Michail Sergeevič
- Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich
- Reagan, Ronald
- Cold War (1945-1989)
- Arms race
- Nuclear disarmament
- Cold War
- Cold War
- United States
- Soviet Union
- Bewapeningswedloop
- Massavernietigingswapens
- Ontwapening
- Sovjet-Unie
- Rusland
- Verenigde Staten
- Ost-West-Konflikt
- Rüstungswettlauf
- USA
- Sowjetunion
- Ost-West-Konflikt
- Rüstungswettlauf
- USA
- Sowjetunion
- Rüstungswettlauf
- Ost-West-Konflikt
- USA
- Sowjetunion
- Cold War
- Arms race
- Diplomatic relations
- Nuclear disarmament
- Political and social views
- War
- Soviet Union
- United States
- Label
- The dead hand : the untold story of the Cold War arms race and its dangerous legacy, David E. Hoffman
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 491]-553) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- At the precipice -- War games -- War scare -- The germ nightmare -- The anthrax factory -- The dead hand -- Morning again in America -- "We can't go on living like this" -- Year of the spy -- Of swords and shields -- The road to Reykjavik -- Farewell to arms -- Germs, gas and secrets -- The lost year -- The greatest breakthrough -- The year of living dangerously -- A great unraveling -- The scientists -- Revelations -- Yeltsin's promise -- Project sapphire -- Face to face with evil
- Control code
- ocn320432478
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- viii, 5757p., [16] p. of plates
- Isbn
- 9780385524377
- Lccn
- 2009016751
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- ill., map
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) o320432478
- (OCoLC)320432478
- Label
- The dead hand : the untold story of the Cold War arms race and its dangerous legacy, David E. Hoffman
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 491]-553) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- At the precipice -- War games -- War scare -- The germ nightmare -- The anthrax factory -- The dead hand -- Morning again in America -- "We can't go on living like this" -- Year of the spy -- Of swords and shields -- The road to Reykjavik -- Farewell to arms -- Germs, gas and secrets -- The lost year -- The greatest breakthrough -- The year of living dangerously -- A great unraveling -- The scientists -- Revelations -- Yeltsin's promise -- Project sapphire -- Face to face with evil
- Control code
- ocn320432478
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- viii, 5757p., [16] p. of plates
- Isbn
- 9780385524377
- Lccn
- 2009016751
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- ill., map
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) o320432478
- (OCoLC)320432478
Subject
- Arms race
- Arms race -- History -- 20th century
- Bewapeningswedloop
- Cold War
- Cold War
- Cold War (1945-1989)
- Cold War -- Influence
- Diplomatic relations
- Geschichte
- Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich, 1931-
- Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich, 1931- -- Political and social views
- Gorbačev, Michail Sergeevič, 1931-
- History
- Massavernietigingswapens
- Nuclear disarmament
- Nuclear disarmament -- History -- 20th century
- Ontwapening
- Ost-West-Konflikt
- Ost-West-Konflikt
- Ost-West-Konflikt
- Political and social views
- Reagan, Ronald
- Reagan, Ronald -- Political and social views
- Reagan, Ronald, 1911-2004
- Rusland
- Rüstungswettlauf
- Rüstungswettlauf
- Rüstungswettlauf
- Soviet Union
- Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States
- Sovjet-Unie
- Sowjetunion
- Sowjetunion
- Sowjetunion
- USA
- USA
- USA
- 1900-1999
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union
- Verenigde Staten
- War -- Influence
- United States
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