The Dead Hand : The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and Its Dangerous Legacy (Hardcover)

from Othemts

This book is a history of the Cold War from ca. 1979 to collapse of the Soviet empire which draws on interviews, memoirs, and previously secret sources to present both the American and Soviet sides of the story. It's interesting to read about many of the top stories of my childhood from a histori...

from Othemts

This book is a history of the Cold War from ca. 1979 to collapse of the Soviet empire which draws on interviews, memoirs, and previously secret sources to present both the American and Soviet sides of the story. It's interesting to read about many of the top stories of my childhood from a histori...

from Schmerguls

This Pulitzer-prize-winning book tells the exciting story of the interaction between Reagan and Gorbachev which, finally, after Reagan was out of office, led to the end of the Cnad War, due to Gorbachev's insistence rather than that of the U.S. The book also details the biologicaj war research wh...

from nandadevi

This book confirms my prejudice that a Pulitzer Prize is a very reliable indicator of excellence in non-fiction. This book showcases journalism at its best; eminently readable, well researched and ground breaking. I can´t say that this book answers all of the questions about the Cold War, but it ...

from Stbalbach

Fascinating look at Soviet WMD programs, people and institutions, as well as Cold War events, espionage and politics in the 1980s. Coming of age in the 1980s, I'd heard of many of these things in the news, but herein we have retrospection and new information. Who needs unreliable and speculative ...