Newhouse, John (Wilfred John) 1929-2016 creator text nyu New York Knopf Distributed by Random House 1989 First edition monographic eng

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xii, 486 pages, 48 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm "This book covers a lot of ground -- from the stirrings of the 'new physics' early in the century to events of June 1988, notably the last meeting between Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev, and Mr. Gorbachev's special conference of the Soviet Communist party some days later. In between came crises, confrontations, negotiations and even a few arguments, I have tried to relate much of that and to describe the historic effect of nuclear weapons on relations between adversaries, as well as the singular effects of these weapons on relations between allies. The rivals Falls the shadow The end of illusion The enigmatic presidency Mad momentum Black Saturday On the cusp The back channel The right resurgent The real world The inconstant presidency The abolitionist Opportunity lost John Newhouse. To accompany the PBS series War and peace in the nuclear age Includes index. Bibliography: pages 455-461. Guerra nuclear Armas nucleares Política mundial U 263 N548w 1989 9780394562179 0394562178 260422 20260429132045.0 eng