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The dead hand : the untold story of the Cold War arms race and its dangerous legacy /

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 fearsom...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hoffman, David E. (David Emanuel)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Doubleday, [2009]
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Arms race > History > 20th century.
Nuclear disarmament > History > 20th century.
Cold War.
Cold War > Influence.
Reagan, Ronald > Political and social views.
Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich, > 1931- > Political and social views.
United States > Foreign relations > Soviet Union.
Soviet Union > Foreign relations > United States.

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