The Dead Hand: The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and Its Dangerous Legacy

Hoffman, David E.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0385524374 ISBN 13: 9780385524377

Verlag: Bantam Dell, 2009

Book by Hoffman David E

Reseña del editor:

A history of the end of the arms race describes the Soviet Union's development of an automatic retaliatory attack system, the United States's efforts to create space-based missile defenses, and the struggle to prevent nuclear weapons from being acquired by terrorists.

Biografía del autor:

David E. Hoffman is a contributing editor at the Washington Post, where he previously served as White House correspondent, Moscow bureau chief, and assistant managing editor for foreign news. He is the author of The Oligarchs: Wealth and Power in the New Russia.

He lives in Maryland.