| Description |
ix, 368 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| 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 |
| Summary |
An unvarnished view of America's fight against Communism, from the end of WWII to the closing of the Strategic Air Command |
| Notes |
Introduction by George H.W. Bush |
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"A Presidio Press book." ; Ballantine Books |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographucal references and index |
| Subject |
Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich, 1931-
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Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969.
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Bush, George, 1924-2018.
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Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich, 1894-1971.
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Reagan, Ronald.
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World politics -- 1945-1989.
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
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Cold War.
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140467
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USSR -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1991.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125760
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United States -- Foreign relations -- 1989-1993.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh89000003
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United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140098
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United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140115
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USSR -- Foreign relations -- United States.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125763
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| Author |
Bush, George, 1924-2018.
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| LC no. |
2004300901 |
| ISBN |
0891418210 |
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