The brink : President Reagan and the nuclear war scare of 1983 Cover Image

The brink : President Reagan and the nuclear war scare of 1983 / Marc Ambinder.

Summary:

This book tells the story of the 1983 war game that triggered a tense, brittle period of nuclear brinkmanship between the United States and the former Soviet Union.

Record details

ISBN: 9781476760377
ISBN: 1476760373
Physical Description: xx, 364 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Edition: First Simon & Schuster edition
Publisher: New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2018.
Copyright: ©2018

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-308) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

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.