03472cam a2200493 4500 415558499 TxAuBib 20191207120000.0 080203s2007||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781415943311 sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book 1415943311 sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book 6bdff9f1-68e9-4a79-b00f-1a962bfca249 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 138702 OverDrive (Product ID) (OCoLC)191767025 TEFOD TEFOD TEFOD JIC TxAuBib Rhodes, Richard. Arsenals of folly [Bridges Audiobook] : the making of the nuclear arms race / Richard Rhodes. [Santa Ana, Calif : Books on Tape, 2007. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 390MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 390MB. Title from: Title details screen. Downloadable audio file. Duration: 14:12:24. Unabridged. Read by Robertson Dean. The story of the postwar superpower arms race, climaxing during the Reagan-Gorbachev decade. Drawing on a wealth of new documentation, Rhodes reveals how the Reagan administration's unprecedented arms buildup in the early 1980s led Soviet leader Andropov to conclude that Reagan must be preparing for a nuclear war. In 1983, when NATO staged a large series of field exercises, the Soviets came very close to launching a defensive first strike. Then Reagan launched the arms-reduction campaign of his second presidential term and set the stage for his 1986 summit with Gorbachev in Reykjavik. Rhodes also reveals the early influence of neoconservatives, demonstrating how the manipulation of government and public opinion with fake intelligence and threat inflation, which the administration of George W. Bush has used to justify current policies, were developed and applied in the Reagan era and even before.--From publisher description. Requires OverDrive Media Console (file size: 204160 KB). Mode of access: World Wide Web. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-03-03 20:00:02. Imported from MARC file. Nuclear weapons. Arms race. Audiobooks. Dean, Robertson. Books on Tape, Inc. http://bridges.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=6BDFF9F1-68E9-4A79-B00F-1A962BFCA249 http://excerpts.contentreserve.com/FormatType-25/1191-1/138702-ArsenalsOfFolly.wma Excerpt https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/1191-1/138702-ArsenalsOfFolly.wma Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1191-1/138702-ArsenalsOfFolly.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=6BDFF9F1-68E9-4A79-B00F-1A962BFCA249&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/1191-1/138702-ArsenalsOfFolly.wma Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1191-1/138702-ArsenalsOfFolly.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=6BDFF9F1-68E9-4A79-B00F-1A962BFCA249&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)