1983: Reagan, Andropov, and a World on the Brink

by Taylor Downing

Book Overview

A riveting, real-life thriller about 1983--the year tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union nearly brought the world to the point of nuclear Armageddon

The year 1983 was an extremely dangerous one--more dangerous than 1962, the year of the Cuban Missile Crisis. In the United States, President Reagan vastly increased defense spending, described the Soviet Union as an "evil empire," and launched the "Star Wars" Strategic...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0306921723
• ISBN13: 9780306921728
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: Da Capo Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.2" x 9.0"