{"product_id":"armageddon-and-paranoia-rodric-braithwaite-9780190870294","title":"Armageddon and Paranoia: The Nuclear Confrontation Since 1945","description":"Former British Ambassador to the Soviet Union and author of the definitive account of the Soviet invasion and occupation of Afghanistan, Sir Rodric Braithwaite offers here a tour d'horizon of nuclear policy from the end of World War II and start of the Cold War to the present day. \u003cem\u003eArmageddon and Paranoia\u003c\/em\u003e unfolds the full history of nuclear weapons that began with the arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union and now extends worldwide. For decades, an apocalypse seemed imminent, staved off only by the certainty that if one side launched these missiles the other would launch an equally catastrophic counterstrike. This method of avoiding all-out nuclear warfare was called \"Deterrence,\" a policy of Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD). Still, though neither side actively wanted to plunge the world into nuclear wasteland, the possibility of war by misjudgment or mistake meant fears could never be entirely assuaged. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBoth an exploration of Deterrence and the long history of superpower nuclear policy, \u003cem\u003eArmageddon and Paranoia \u003c\/em\u003ecomes at a time when tensions surrounding nuclear armament have begun mounting once more. No book until this one has offered so comprehensive a history of the topic that has guided--at times dominated--the world in which we live.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rodric Braithwaite\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 019087029X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780190870294\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/09\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 512\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.40w x 1.60d","brand":"Rodric Braithwaite","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44054626861311,"sku":"9780190870294","price":37.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_345345bd-fef5-4456-b027-4042ae4c5013.jpg?v=1685031048","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/armageddon-and-paranoia-rodric-braithwaite-9780190870294","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}