Reed, Thomas C.
At the abyss : an insider's history of the Cold War / Thomas C. Reed. - 1st ed. - New York : Presidio Press/Ballantine Books, c2004. - ix, 368 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Introduction by George H.W. Bush. "A Presidio Press book." ; Ballantine Books.
Includes bibliographucal references and index.
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.
An unvarnished view of America's fight against Communism, from the end of WWII to the closing of the Strategic Air Command.
0891418210
2004300901
Cold War.
World politics--1945-1989.
United States--Foreign relations--Soviet Union.
Soviet Union--Foreign relations--United States.
United States--Foreign relations--1945-1989.
United States--Politics and government--1945-1989.
D843 / .R37 2004
327.73047 / REA
At the abyss : an insider's history of the Cold War / Thomas C. Reed. - 1st ed. - New York : Presidio Press/Ballantine Books, c2004. - ix, 368 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Introduction by George H.W. Bush. "A Presidio Press book." ; Ballantine Books.
Includes bibliographucal references and index.
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.
An unvarnished view of America's fight against Communism, from the end of WWII to the closing of the Strategic Air Command.
0891418210
2004300901
Cold War.
World politics--1945-1989.
United States--Foreign relations--Soviet Union.
Soviet Union--Foreign relations--United States.
United States--Foreign relations--1945-1989.
United States--Politics and government--1945-1989.
D843 / .R37 2004
327.73047 / REA