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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Hoffman, David E. (David Emanuel)     Subjects     Reagan, Ronald -- Political and social views.     Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich, 1931-2022 -- 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.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Hoffman, David E. (David Emanuel)       by title:      The dead hand : the ...         MARC Display

The dead hand : the untold story of the Cold War arms race and its dangerous legacy / David E. Hoffman. by Hoffman, David E. (David Emanuel) New York : Doubleday, c2009. Subjects Reagan, Ronald -- Political and social views.   Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich, 1931-2022 -- 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. ISBN:  9780385524377 0385524374 Description:  viii, 577 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., map ; 25 cm. Edition:  1st ed. 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. Requests:  0 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:  Pulitzer Prize, General Nonfiction, 2010.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Waialua Public Library Adult Nonfiction 909.825 Ho missing from shelf Add Copy to MyList

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