The Dead Hand: The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and its Dangerous Legacy cover
The Dead Hand: The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and its Dangerous Legacy
by David Emanuel Hoffman
ISBN: 0385524374
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tomkinstinch · 2010-09-27 · Original thread
I've been learning more about the Cold War and reading stories like this in _The Dead Hand_.

Not a bad read for the historically-inclined: http://www.amazon.com/Dead-Hand-Untold-Dangerous-Legacy/dp/0...