Introd. by George H.W. Bush.
Communist takeovers and makeovers
The fifties unfold
The Paparazzi pilots
Howard Hughes supplies the props
Rockets and missiles
Sputnik and the missile gap
Nuclear weapons and the Soviet Union
The American cyberskippers
The resumption of nuclear tests
Getting started in Vietnam
Winter on the Spanish coast
Dawn of the information age
The Air Force recovers from Vietnam
Inefficiency kills, empires as well as people
President Reagan sets up the checkmate
Ghost stories from the Reagan White House
The queen of hearts
Cheney, Powell, and the nuclear genie
The closers
The Soviet solstice
The heroes
Closing down.
At the abyss : an insider's history of the Cold War by Thomas C. Reed. ISBN 0891418377. Published by Presidio in 2004. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.