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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 Info. New York : Random House Pub., c2004.
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 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Fourth Floor  909.82 REE    Check Shelves
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Edition 1st ed.
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.
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.
Note Includes index.
"A Presidio Press book." ; Ballantine Books.
Subject United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union.
Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States.
Cold war.
World politics -- 1945-1989.
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989.
Added Author Bush, George, 1924- introd.
ISBN 0891418210 : 25.95
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