Name: The History of the Cold War: Arms, Spies, and the Space Race, 1945–1991 (The Past That Built the Present) (en Inglés)
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Author: Huynh, Kiet
ISBN: 9798163243471

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The History of the Cold War: Arms, Spies, and the Space Race, 1945–1991 (The Past That Built the Present) (en Inglés)

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Libro Físico

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Independently published

Autor

Huynh, Kiet

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Inglés

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385

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Tapa Blanda

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9798163243471

The History of the Cold War: Arms, Spies, and the Space Race, 1945–1991 (The Past That Built the Present) (en Inglés)

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At the end of 1945 the United States owned two nuclear warheads. By 1967 it owned 31,255, and the Soviet Union was racing to catch up. Why was none of them ever fired? This book follows the rivalry from the ruins of 1945 to the lowering of the Soviet flag in December 1991: the arms race, the spy war, the race to space, and the wars fought in other people's countries. It is written by an accountant, so it keeps asking a plain question that many histories skip: who counted, and what did each side's numbers actually say? Inside, you'll find: Both counts, side by side. The Pentagon lists 36,574 American dead in Korea, while Beijing gave 197,653 Chinese dead in 2020. Western estimates run to about 400,000. You see each number and how it was made. The missile gap that ran the other way. Air Force intelligence forecast 500 Soviet ICBMs for 1960. The Soviets had two. Cuba, warhead by warhead. How the total on and around the island reaches 158. Spies and codebreakers. Venona, Klaus Fuchs, the Rosenbergs, and what the decrypts do and do not prove. The nights it nearly went wrong. September 26, 1983, when a Soviet duty officer faced a missile warning, and the NATO exercise Able Archer 83 a few weeks later. Myths tested. Each chapter ends with questions and answers. 278 maps, charts, diagrams, and ink-wash illustrations. Written in plain English for curious readers, students, and teachers. No background in history or military affairs is needed. The peace held. This book shows how close it came to failing, and why that is the least certain thing to repeat.