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