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1983, The World at the BrinkCode: 40409846
- Author: Taylor Downing
- Publisher: Little Brown Book Group
- Μορφή: Soft Cover
- Έτος έκδοσης: 2019
- Αριθμός σελίδων: 400
- Κωδικός ISBN-13: 9780349143040
- Διαστάσεις: 14×21
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Description
1983 was a supremely dangerous year even more dangerous than 1962, the year of the Cuban Missile Crisis. In the US, President Reagan massively increased defence spending, described the Soviet Union as an 'evil empire' and announced his 'Star Wars' programme, calling for a shield in space to defend the US from incoming missiles. Yuri Andropov, the paranoid Soviet leader, saw all this as signs of American aggression and convinced himself that the US really meant to attack the Soviet Union. He put the KGB on alert to look for signs of an imminent nuclear attack. When a Soviet fighter jet shot down Korean Air Lines flight KAL 007 after straying off course over a sensitive Soviet military area, President Reagan described it as a 'terrorist act' and 'a crime against humanity'. The temperature was rising fast. Then at the height of the tension, NATO began a war game called Able Archer 83. In this exercise, NATO requested permission to use the codes to launch nuclear weapons. The nervous Soviets convinced themselves this was no exercise but the real thing.
Specifications
- Genre
- Europe
- Language
- English
- Subtitle
- The World at the Brink
- Format
- Soft Cover
- Number of Pages
- 400
- Publication Date
- 2019
- Dimensions
- 14x21 cm
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