March to Armageddon

Ronald E. Powaski offers the first complete, accessible history of the events, forces, and factors that have brought the world to the brink of a nuclear holocaust. He traces the evolution of the nuclear arms race from FDR''s decision to develop an atomic bomb to Reagan''s decision to continue its expansion in the 1980''s. Focusing on the forces that have propelled the arms race and the reasons beh...