At the abyss : an insider's history of the Cold War / Thomas C. Reed.

Author: Reed, Thomas C.

Edition Statement:1st ed.

Imprint:New York : Presidio Press/Ballantine Books, c2004.

Descriptionix, 368 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Note:Introduction by George H.W. Bush.

Note:"A Presidio Press book." ; Ballantine Books.

Note: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.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographucal references and index.

Note:An unvarnished view of America's fight against Communism, from the end of WWII to the closing of the Strategic Air Command.

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