Dead Hand The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and Its Dangerous Legacy

Name: Dead Hand The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and Its Dangerous Legacy
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ISBN: 9780385524377

ISBN-10: 0385524374

ISBN-13: 9780385524377

Edition: 2009

Authors: David Hoffman

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This riveting narrative history of the end of the arms race sheds new light on the frightening last chapters of the Cold War and the legacy of the nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons that remain a threat today. During the Cold War, world 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. In the first full account…

Book details

List price: $43.00
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 9/22/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 592
Size: 6.35" wide x 9.55" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 2.420
Language: English