The Dead Hand: The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and its Dangerous Legacy
Front cover of The Dead Hand
Author
David E. Hoffman
Country
United States
Language
English
Genre
History
Publisher
Doubleday
Publication date
2009
Media type
Print (hardcover)
Pages
577 pp
ISBN
978-0-385-52437-7
OCLC
320432478
Dewey Decimal
909.82/5 dc22
LC Class
U264.H645 2009
The Dead Hand: The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and its Dangerous Legacy is a 2009 book written by David E. Hoffman, a Washington Post contributing editor. It was the winner of the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction.
The book is based on a large number of published and unpublished sources, including interviews with political leaders, scientists, military officials and diplomats. The Russian automatic nuclear-control system known as "Dead Hand" is described in detail.
DeadHand, also known as Perimeter (Russian: Система «Периметр», romanized: Sistema "Perimetr", lit. '"Perimeter" System', with the GRAU Index 15E601...
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