At the Abyss by Reed, Thomas -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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COVER PAGE TITLE PAGE TABLE OF CONTENTS DEDICATION EPIGRAPH ACKNOWLEDGMENTS PRAISE PROLOGUE INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 1

WHITTAKER CHAMBERS EXPLAINS IT TO THE FREE WORLD THE COMING OF THE GULAGS FAMINE IN THE UKRAINE: TEN MILLION DEAD STALIN’S GHOSTS: TWENTY MILLION DEAD MAO’S GHOSTS: ... THE LESSER DICTATORS—JUST AS BLOODY EMBARKATION

CHAPTER 2

STALIN CHECKS OUT NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV REBURIES STALIN ... KHRUSHCHEV—THE MAN IN THE UNITED STATES, ... MY FIRST STOP: EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE WHERE DID THEY ALL GO?

CHAPTER 3

IN THE BEGINNING THE BRITS GIVE US CABBAGE RAVINE IT WAS, AFTER ALL, A BAND OF BROTHERS HOME RUN THE MISFORTUNE OF LIEUTENANT SAFRONOV CORONA RETURN TO SENDER

CHAPTER 4

THE YOUNG TEXAN THE POSTWAR YEARS AND MIDLIFE CRISES RAMO AND WOOLDRIDGE LOS ANGELES IN THE MID-FIFTIES

CHAPTER 5

A NEW LOOK THE TEAPOT COMMITTEE ATLAS, TITAN, AND THOR

CHAPTER 6

MINUTEMAN PROJECT Q THE NUCLEAR GENIE GETTING A DECISION AND LEAVING TOWN QUESTIONS FOR THE END OF AN ERA

CHAPTER 7

THE THREE ESTATES OF THE ... THE FIRST ESTATE THE SECOND ESTATE THE THIRD ESTATE FIRST LIGHTNING THE GAC ASSUMES THE OSTRICH POSITION DECISION TIME

CHAPTER 8

HIS EMINENCE THE AMERICAN WITH SAFETY ON HIS MIND THE WEST POINTER THE FARM BOY FROM ILLINOIS WHAT SORT OF PERSON IS A BOMB DESIGNER? COMING INTO SAN FRANCISCO

CHAPTER 9

THE SOVIETS SHOOT FIRST OPERATION DOMINIC LIVERMORE IN THE REARVIEW MIRROR

CHAPTER 10

A SHORT HISTORY OF VIETNAM THE GUNS OF AUGUST—ONCE MORE THE EVENTS OF AUGUST 4, 1964 A PREORDAINED RESPONSE THE GULF OF TONKIN RESOLUTION WITH THE ELECTION OVER, INTO THE QUAGMIRE LINEBACKER II ENDS IT COMING HOME

CHAPTER 11

THE AIRPLANE THE AIRCRAFT ON ALERT TEA-16 THE BOMB THE YOUNG HELICOPTER PILOT THE TOWN THE RENDEZVOUS THE GIRL THE DEPARTURES

CHAPTER 12

LOOSE NUKES IN EUROPE LIMITED NUCLEAR OPTIONS TALKING TO SAIGON DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY, SECURE ... INTELLIGENCE SATELLITES TALKING TO SUBMARINES THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS

CHAPTER 13

A TRAIN WRECK IN THE SKY A CHANGING OF THE GUARD LESSONS LEARNED THE LESSON OF THE THANH HOA BRIDGE THE LESSON OF LETHAL GROUND FIRE FLIGHT SAFETY RULES CAN BE ... THE PROBLEM OF COST—THE NEED FOR NUMBERS THE HIDDEN COSTS OF VIETNAM THE TYRANNY OF LEAD TIMES PEOPLE

CHAPTER 14

THE VIEW FROM THE WHITE HOUSE, 1982 OIL THE SOVIET DEFENSE BUDGET COSTS TITANIUM PLUTONIUM A VALUE-SUBTRACTING ECONOMIC MACHINE WE CASH THE SOVIET PEACE DIVIDEND IN HINDSIGHT, IT ALL BECOMES CLEAR

CHAPTER 15

1981: A VACUUM AT THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL RECONNECTING WITH REAGAN SETTLING IN REAGAN AND THE COLD WAR THE PLAN TO PREVAIL: NSDD-32 BREZHNEV CHECKS OUT NSDD-75

CHAPTER 16

THE SIOP PROJECT PARTRIDGE THE GENERAL THE M-X THE STRATEGIC DEFENSE INITIATIVE THE GHOSTS RETURN TO THEIR CHURCHYARDS

CHAPTER 17

THE GROUP CAMELOT II CONTENDING FORCES THE FAREWELL DOSSIER THE 1983 STRUGGLE FOR CONTROL ... CLARK MOVES ON DENOUEMENT WHO WAS RONALD REAGAN?

CHAPTER 18

THE WEAPONS CAME IN EVERY ... ORGANIZING THE NUCLEAR APOCALYPSE JOINING THE JSTPS TEAM THE ARRIVAL OF DICK CHENEY A DIVERSION IN THE PERSIAN GULF? NEW THINKING IN THE BUNKERS OF OMAHA

CHAPTER 19

THE PASSING OF THE SOVIET OLD GUARD MIKHAIL GORBACHEV NUMBER FORTY-ONE ROSS PEROT AND THE POWS 1989 THE MALTA SUMMIT THE DEATH STARS STRIKE BACK

CHAPTER 20

RINGING OUT THE OLD, RINGING IN THE NEW THE MEN FROM THE SECRET CITIES BOB GATES RETURNS AN OVERDUE VIDEO WHEN WORLD WARS END

CHAPTER 21

THE SOVIET MONSTER ROCKETS CONSEQUENCES OF A MISTAKE THE ENGINEERS OF LENINGRAD THE RACE TO RELIABILITY: ... AMERICAN SSBN OPERATIONS KEN CARR AND BOB AUSTIN ON THE BEACH

CHAPTER 22

THE STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND THE LAST DAYS OF THE CPSU THE END OF SAC THE AIRBORNE COMMAND POST FIVE AIRMEN WHO GAVE THEIR ALL

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