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At the abyss : an insider's history of the Cold War / Thomas C. Reed ; [introduction by George H.W. Bush].

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
New York : Random House Pub., 2004.

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Additional Authors
Bush, George, 1924-2018
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.
Subjects
Note
  • Includes index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
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.
ISBN
0891418210 :
OCLC
54660419
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library