Cold War: Operations Manual: 1946-1991 hardcover
Insights into surviving ideological conflict, mutual assured destruction, and the nuclear apocalypse
For 50 years after the Second World War the nations of the earth stood on the edge of nuclear warfare, with few doubting that should the Cold War turn hot, neither side could emerge victorious. Pat Ware describes the background to the Cold War, the East–West arms race, the insanity of ‘mutual assured destruction’ (MAD), preparations taken against the real possibility of nuclear war, and the complete lack of any credible civil defense measures. He also examines the massive infrastructure and organization required to maintain a credible Cold War stance.
Published 2016, 156 pages, black & white and colour photogrpahs & illustrations, hardcover, 8 1/2" x 11"
