The nuclear war scare of 1983: How serious was it?
Description
Thirty years ago, the Soviet Union and the United States stood on the brink of nuclear war. The Communist Party leadership in Moscow was convinced that Washington was about to launch a pre-emptive nuclear strike, which would require a massive nuclear response. Like most disasters, this one would have resulted from a confluence of errors and misperceptions. In this case it was the profound distrust between the two sides, a sequence of preliminary events that included the shooting down of the...[Show more]
Collections | ANU Research Publications |
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Date published: | 2013 |
Type: | Journal article |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/28813 |
Source: | Australian Strategic Policy Institute: Special Report |
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