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Description edit
This riveting narrative history of the end of the arms race sheds new light on the frightening last chapters of the Cold War and the legacy of the nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons that remain a threat today. During the Cold War, world superpowers amassed nuclear arsenals containing... read more
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People edit
- Mikhail Gorbachev: Add a description of this character.
- Ronald Reagan
- Popov
- Boris Yeltsin
- Eduard Shevardnadze
- Velikhov
- Alibek
- Domaradsky
- Gordievsky
- James A. Baker
- Chernyaev
- George Shultz
- Weber
- Chernenko
- Yuri Andropov
- Sam Nunn
- Brezhnev
- Blair
- Petrov
- Akhromeyev
- Davis
- Yarynich
- Bush
- Kalinin
- Mirzayanov
- Mcfarlane
- Gromyko
- Yakovlev
- Zaikov
- Cochran
- Matlock
- Meselson
- Jimmy Carter
- Yurchenko
- Walker
- Reed
- Dobrynin
- Yazov
- Harrington
- Lepyoshkin
- Gates
- Stalin
- Volkogonov
- Braithwaite
- Weinberger
- Whitworth
- Anderson
- Raisa
- Clark
Setting & Locations edit
- Moscow
- United States
- Soviet Union
- Washington
- Kremlin
- Russia
- Sverdlovsk
- White House
- Eastern Europe
- London
- Reykjavik
- Afghanistan
- America
- Geneva
- Kazakhstan
- Stepnogorsk
- Sandakhchiev
- Obolensk
- Leningrad
- Iran
- Canada
- Siberia
- Koltsovo
- Biopreparat
- Britain
- Chernobyl
- Vector
- Tehran
- Ukraine
- Germany
- Japan
- Stavropol
- Aral Sea
- Pacific Ocean
- Kirov
- Berlin Wall
- Virginia
- Politburo
- Georgia
- Vozrozhdeniye Island
- Sakhalin
- Krasnoyarsk
- Vietnam
- Aralsk
- France
- Maryland
- China
Glossary edit
- glasnost: (in the former Soviet Union) The policy or practice of more open consultative government and wider dissemination of information, initiated by leader Mikhail Gorbachev from 1985
- perestroika: (in the former Soviet Union) The policy or practice of restructuring or reforming the economic and political system. First proposed by Leonid Brezhnev in 1979 and actively promoted by Mikhail Gorbachev, perestroika originally referred to increased automation and labor efficiency, but came to entail greater awareness of economic markets and the ending of central planning
Authors & Contributors edit
- David Hoffman (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Anchor
Country: USA
Publication Date: August 3, 2010
ISBN: 9780307387844
Page Count: 608
Publisher: Anchor
Country: USA
Publication Date: August 3, 2010
ISBN: 9780307387844
Page Count: 608
Awards edit
- Pulitzer Prize (2010: General nonfiction)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 909.825
Notes for Parents edit
Reading Level: Young AdultsI would recommend this book for a child that is interested in Russian/American relations with a high reading/comprehension level. This book cover quite a bit of history!
Subjects edit
- Books › History › Military › Weapons & Warfare › Nuclear
- Books › History › Military › Weapons & Warfare › Biological & Chemical
- Books › Nonfiction › Current Events › Terrorism
- Books › History › World › 20th Century
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