Arsenals of folly ; the making of the nuclear arms race

Simon & Schuster, London, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Photographic. From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Making of the Atomic Bomb comes this brilliant account of the post-war superpower arms race, climaxing during the Reagan-Gorbachev decade when the United States and the Soviet Union came within scant hours of nuclear war -- and then nearly agreed to abolish nuclear weapons. In a narrative that reads like a thriller, Rhodes reveals how the Reagan administration's unprecedented arms build-up in the early 1980s led the Soviets to conclude that the U.S. must be preparing for a nuclear war -- only for Reagan, out of deep conviction, to launch the arms-reduction campaign of his second presidential term and set the stage for the famous 1986 summit with Gorbachev in Reykjavik, and the breakthroughs that followed. – dustjacket blurb Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 386 pages. A very clean secondhand copy, with no damage to report.. the dustjacket has no damage.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Politics & Government; United States of America; Military & Warfare. Inventory No: 0244708. .