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OverviewA riveting, thrilling account of 1983-the year tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union nearly brought the world to the point of nuclear Armageddon 1983 was a dangerous year. In the United States, President Reagan increased defense spending and launched the Star Wars Strategic Defense Initiative. When a Soviet plane shot down a Korean civilian jet, Reagan described it as a crime against humanity. And Moscow grew increasingly concerned about America's language and behavior. Would they attack? The temperature rose, fast. In November the West launched a war-game exercise, code named Abel Archer, that looked to the Soviets just like the real thing. With the Soviet leader Andropov's finger inching ever closer to the nuclear button, the world was truly at the brink. In 1983, Taylor Downing draws on previously unpublished interviews and over a thousand pages of secret documents that have recently been released by Washington to tell the gripping, astonishing story that was almost the end of the world. Sometimes fact is stranger than fiction. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Taylor Downing , Ben OnwukwePublisher: Hachette Book Group Imprint: Hachette Book Group Edition: Library Edition Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 17.00cm Weight: 2.259kg ISBN: 9781549197987ISBN 10: 1549197983 Publication Date: 01 May 2018 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Audio Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTaylor Downing is an award-winning television producer and the author of several acclaimed books of history, including The Cold War and Churchill's War Lab. He has also written for the Observer, London Sunday Times, LondonDaily Telegraph, History Today, and Military History Monthly. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |