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Author:

Ambinder, Marc, author.

Title:

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

Edition:

First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.

Publisher:

Simon & Schuster,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

xx, 364 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Subject:

North Atlantic Treaty Organization--History--20th century.
Military maneuvers--Europe--History--20th century.
Nuclear crisis control--History--20th century.
Nuclear weapons--History--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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-308) and index.

Contents:

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 -- Epilogue.

Summary:

The incredible story of the 1983 war game that triggered a tense, brittle period of nuclear brinkmanship between the United States and the former Soviet Union.

ISBN:

1476760373
9781476760377

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1042329649

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