Way Out There In the Blue
Subtitle: Reagan, Star Wars and the End of the Cold War
Edition: 1st Touchstone Ed edition
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: March 12, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 592
ISBN-13: 9780743200233
Subjects: American history: postwar, from c 1945 -; Defence strategy, planning & research; Political leaders & leadership; United States - 20th Century (1945 to 2000); Nuclear arms control; History - General History; History; History - U.S; United States - 20th Century; History: American; USA; Political History; Government - U.S. Government; History / United States / 20th Century; Cold War; Strategic Defense Initiative; United States
First sentence: ON MARCH 23, 1983, President Reagan announced that after consultations with the Joint Chiefs of Staff he had decided to embark on a long-range research-and development effort to counter the threat of Soviet ballistic missiles and to make these nuclear weapons "impotent and obsolete."