At the abyss
Subtitle: an insider's history of the Cold War
By: Thomas C. Reed ; [introduction by George H.W. Bush]
Contributors: Bush, George, 1924- introd
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Random House Pub.
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780891418214
Subjects: Politics and government; Cold War; Relations extérieures; World politics; Politique mondiale; Guerre froide; Politique et gouvernement; Foreign relations
Description: An unvarnished view of America's fight against Communism, from the end of WWII to the closing of the Strategic Air Command.
Notes: Includes index.

"A Presidio Press book." ; Ballantine Books.
Table of contents: title: Communist takeovers and makeovers; title: The fifties unfold; title: The Paparazzi pilots; title: Howard Hughes supplies the props; title: Rockets and missiles; title: Sputnik and the missile gap; title: Nuclear weapons and the Soviet Union; title: The American cyberskippers; title: The resumption of nuclear tests; title: Getting started in Vietnam; title: Winter on the Spanish coast; title: Dawn of the information age; title: The Air Force recovers from Vietnam; title: Inefficiency kills, empires as well as people; title: President Reagan sets up the checkmate; title: Ghost stories from the Reagan White House; title: The queen of hearts; title: Cheney, Powell, and the nuclear genie; title: The closers; title: The Soviet solstice; title: The heroes; title: Closing down.