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Carregando... The Dead Hand: The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and Its Dangerous Legacy (original: 2009; edição: 2010)de David Hoffman (Autor)
Informações da ObraThe Dead Hand: The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and Its Dangerous Legacy de David E. Hoffman (2009)
   Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro.   ) Jeff.Rosendahl | Sep 21, 2021 |   ) rsutto22 | Jul 15, 2021 | Holy crap, this is some serious shit. (  ) reader1009 | Jul 3, 2021 |  ) Charlie-Ravioli | Jan 18, 2016 | I expected a relatively balanced history of the cold war. However, the author allocated roughly the same amount of time to the entire history of the cold war prior to President Reagan as he did for each year of the Reagan presidency. The author appears to be a huge fan of the late President. Also, in the introduction the author led me to believe that the work was more balanced between USSR and US points of view. I felt that it was more like 80% US versus 20% USSR points of view. So if you want to read a history of the cold war from the US point of view during the Reagan years then I highly recommend this book. If you want to read an entire history of the cold war then I suggest looking elsewhere. ( ) okrick | Nov 23, 2015 |
 A readable, many-tentacled account of the decades-long military standoff between the United States and the Soviet Union... What’s particularly valuable about Mr. Hoffman’s book, is the skill with which he narrows his focus (and his indefatigable reporting) down to a few essential areas. Prêmios
During the Cold War, 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. This, the first full account of how the arms race finally ended, provides an unprecedented look at the inner motives and secret decisions of each side. Drawing on top-secret documents from deep inside the Kremlin, memoirs, and interviews in both Russia and the United States, David Hoffman introduces the scientists, soldiers, diplomats, and spies who saw the world sliding toward disaster and tells the gripping story of how Reagan, Gorbachev, and many others struggled to bring the madness to an end.--From publisher description. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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