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At the abyss : an insider's history of the Cold War / Thomas C. Reed ; [introduction by George H.W. Bush].
- Title
- At the abyss : an insider's history of the Cold War / Thomas C. Reed ; [introduction by George H.W. Bush].
- Author
- Reed, Thomas C.
- Publication
- New York : Random House Pub., 2004.
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| Text | Request in advance | D843 .R36 2004 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Bush, George, 1924-2018
- Description
- ix, 368 p. : ill., maps; 25 cm.
- Summary
- An unvarnished view of America's fight against Communism, from the end of WWII to the closing of the Strategic Air Command.
- Subjects
- Note
- Includes index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Communist takeovers and makeovers -- The fifties unfold -- The Paparazzi pilots -- Howard Hughes supplies the props -- Rockets and missiles -- Sputnik and the missile gap -- Nuclear weapons and the Soviet Union -- The American cyberskippers -- The resumption of nuclear tests -- Getting started in Vietnam -- Winter on the Spanish coast -- Dawn of the information age -- The Air Force recovers from Vietnam -- Inefficiency kills, empires as well as people -- President Reagan sets up the checkmate -- Ghost stories from the Reagan White House -- The queen of hearts -- Cheney, Powell, and the nuclear genie -- The closers -- The Soviet solstice -- The heroes -- Closing down.
- ISBN
- 0891418210 :
- OCLC
- 54660419
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library