War scare [electronic resource] : Russia and America on the nuclear brink / Peter Vincent Pry.
Material type: TextPublication details: Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1999.Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 340 p.)ISBN:- 0313007578 (electronic bk.)
- 9780313007576 (electronic bk.)
- Russia and America on the nuclear brink
- Pry, Peter Vincent
- United States -- Military relations -- Russia (Federation)
- Russia (Federation) -- Military relations -- United States
- United States -- Foreign relations -- 1989-
- Nuclear warfare -- History -- 20th century
- Nuclear weapons -- United States
- Nuclear weapons -- Russia (Federation)
- TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science
- HISTORY -- Military -- Other
- 355/.031/0973047 21
- E183.8.R9 P79 1999eb
Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-321) and index.
Introduction; Part I: The Missiles of November: ABLE ARCHER-83, November 2-11, 1983; Part II: August Coup: The Fall of the Soviet Empire, August 19-21, 1991; Part III: The Armenian Crisis, May 1992; Part IV: The October Coup, September 21-October 4, 1993; Part V: Northern Lights: The Norwegian Missile Crisis, January 25, 1995; Part VI: The Future?; Selected Sources; Index.
Why do some American intelligence officials maintain fallout shelters and private contingency plans to evacuate their families in the event of a Russian nuclear strike--even in today's post-Cold War era of U.S.-Russian partnership? The frightening answer lies within the pages of War Scare, a terrifying assessment of the prospect for nuclear holocaust in our day. Written by Peter Vincent Pry, a former CIA military analyst, War Scare provides a history of our country's little-known brushes with nuclear war and warns that, contrary to popular opinion and the assurances of our political leaders, th.
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