Isbn: 9780385524377 - the dead hand: the untold story of the cold war arms race and its dangerous legacy (17 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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Condizione: Good. 1st Edition. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.…

Condizione: Good. 1st Edition. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. …

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Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. 1st Edition.

Hardcover. Condizione: Like New. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped. Published by Doubleday, 2009. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is like new. Dust jacket is like new with small nick to spine.100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing of this Pulitzer Prize winning look at the dangers of accidental catastrophe lurking in Soviet weapons of mass destruction in the late stages of the Cold War. Drawing on information made available after the fall of the Soviet Union, David Hoffman explores how lax safeguards, indifferent security and faulty technology threatened to mistakenly unleash the horrors biological and nuclear weapons. 575 pages, illustrated. Has a bit of edge wear on the dust jacket and a tiny dot on the side page edge.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very good. x, [4], 575, [3] pages. Illustrations. Abbreviations in Notes. Endnotes. Index. David Emanuel Hoffman is an American writer and journalist, a contributing editor to The Washington Post. He came to Washington D.C. in 1977 to work for the Capitol Hill News Service. In May 1982, he joined The Washington Post and covered the George H. W. Bush presidency. His White House coverage won three national journalism awards. He became Jerusalem bureau chief for The Washington Post in 1992. From 1995 to 2001, he served as Moscow bureau chief, and later as foreign editor and assistant managing editor for foreign news. He won the annual Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction in 2010 for his second book, The Dead Hand: The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and its Dangerous Legacy. The Prize citation termed it "a well documented narrative that examines the terrifying doomsday competition between two superpowers and how weapons of mass destruction still imperil humankind." Derived from a Kirkus review: This penetrating look at the history of the Cold War. One of its aspects was the notion that the Soviet military created "Dead Hand," a missile system that led to further assumptions that the civilian leadership and military command system were dead and gone. The Soviet brass, writes Washington Post reporter Hoffman, tried to push through a computer-loop design by which the machines would decide when to unleash hell without human intervention. One of the many virtues of Hoffman's book is that it depicts not just the death-tainted hand of the military-industrial complex in the United States, but also in the Soviet Union, where supposed strongmen like Leonid Brezhnev and Yuri Andropov had considerable trouble keeping the warmongers under control. Indeed, readers will realize how lucky we are to have escaped being destroyed at their hands. A compendium of discomfiting, implication-heavy facts, of particular interest to students of geopolitics. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Gene Thorp (Map) (illustratore).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Brand New. 1st edition. 575 pages. 9.50x6.25x1.75 inches. In Stock.

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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Inscribed First Edition, First Printing of this Pulitzer Prize winning look at the dangers of accidental catastrophe lurking in Soviet weapons of mass destruction in the late stages of the Cold War. Drawing on information made available after the fall of the Soviet Union, David Hoffman explores how lax safeguards, indifferent security and faulty technology threatened to mistakenly unleash the horrors biological and nuclear weapons. Inscribed by David Hoffman to a previous owner on the title page. 575 pages, illustrated. The book has edge wear including bumped corners and a bump on about 10 pages at bottom. There are highlighted passages on three pages of text. Signed by Author(s).…

Condizione: Very Good.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. Inscribed First Edition, First Printing of this Pulitzer Prize winning look at the dangers of accidental catastrophe lurking in Soviet weapons of mass destruction in the late stages of the Cold War. Drawing on information made available after the fall of the Soviet Union, David Hoffman explores how lax safeguards, indifferent security and faulty technology threatened to mistakenly unleash the horrors biological and nuclear weapons. Inscribed by David Hoffman to a previous owner on the title page. 575 pages, illustrated. No sign of previous use. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good+. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing -- Inscribed to Sen. Richard Lugar --of this Pulitzer Prize winning look at the dangers of accidental catastrophe lurking in Soviet weapons of mass destruction in the late stages of the Cold War. Drawing on information made available after the fall of the Soviet Union, Hoffman explores how lax safeguards, indifferent security and faulty technology threatened to mistakenly unleash the horrors biological and nuclear weapons. Inscribed by David Hoffman to Sen. Richard Lugar on the title page. Lugar, a long-serving Indiana Republican, was a Senate leader in efforts to contain weapons of mass destruction. The inscription reflects Lugar's work on the issue: "For Senator Lugar with respect for your accomplishments and contributions to this important history. Your gamble paid off, David E. Hoffman." 575 pages, illustrated. Has indentations from a paperclip that formerly marked a portion of the book that discusses Lugar's major work on containment with Sen. Sam Nunn -- Lugar and Nunn are pictured in the photo section. A copy of the original New York Times review of the book was housed with this copy. The dust jacket has a bit of edge wear. Signed by Author(s).…