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arethuza · 2010-11-19 · Original thread
Richard Rhodes book "The Arsenals of Folly" covers the lead up to the fall of the Soviet Union from the perspective of the leaders negotiating to reduce levels of nuclear weapons. It also covers some of the fundamental economic problems the Soviets had:

http://www.amazon.com/Arsenals-Folly-Making-Nuclear-Vintage/...

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