""The Cold War . . . was a fight to the death," "notes Thomas C. Reed," "fought with bayonets, napalm, and high-tech weaponry of every sort--save o...
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Dec 04, 2007
Louis
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I got this book because I was at a luncheon with the author. He is a former Secretary of the Air Force, and by his own admission he was that because they ran out of other candidates (under President Ford). But it is full of stories of the Cold War, in particular the Strategic Air Command (the nuke types). His stories are ones that show the how human the men and women who were in charge of the weapons. In particular the fear and trembling when they received their orders. One story that sticks out
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Mar 07, 2011
Rachel
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Did you known that Nancy Reagan was a assigned a handler? How about the philosophy war among the Reagen staffers regarding how to treat the USSR and handle the cold war. An interesting perspective one the "Great Communicator."
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