Bibliograph

The brink, President Reagan and the nuclear war scare of 1983, Marc Ambinder

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Label

The brink, President Reagan and the nuclear war scare of 1983, Marc Ambinder

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-308) and index

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The brink

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1042329649

Responsibility statement

Marc Ambinder

Sub title

President Reagan and the nuclear war scare of 1983

Summary

The incredible story of the 1983 war game that triggered a tense, brittle period of nuclear brinkmanship between the United States and the former Soviet Union

Table Of Contents

Part I: Decapitation -- Détente's rise and fall -- Toward protracted nuclear war -- Decapitation -- Man in the gap -- Project RYAN -- Warning -- Zero-zero -- Ivy League '82 -- Bogging down -- The view from London -- Part II: To the brink -- 1983 -- The Evil Empire -- SDI and sabotage -- Provocations -- Diamonds -- Spy vs. spy -- Green shoots -- The Phantom (part I) -- The Phantom (part II) -- The day before the day after -- Able Archer 83 -- FLASH telegram -- Validate and authenticate -- Open hatches -- Part III: Endgame(s) -- Sacrifice -- Warning of war -- Ivan and Anya -- What did we miss? -- Arguing on behalf of Soviet fears -- How can this be? -- Roll the dice -- A new hope, but still, star wars? -- Not to miss the chance -- To Geneva -- Epilogue

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