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The dead hand : the untold story of the Cold War arms race and its dangerous legacy

text The dead hand : the untold story of the Cold War arms race and its dangerous legacy

Summary
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... Read more
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viii, 577 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., map ; 25 cm.
Publisher
Doubleday 2009

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Woodmere (Main Branch) 909.82 HOF in Adult Non-fiction Available

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