{"product_id":"the-year-of-maximum-danger-ret-humpert-usaf-9798869209788","title":"The Year of Maximum Danger 1983","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"You don't know how close war is.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRadomir Bogdanov, Deputy Director, Institute of the USA and Canada, 1983\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"It was a matter of rather--I would say-greater danger than almost any other period in the Cold War, if only because the most-shall we say extreme-or hardline elements in the Soviet intelligence and military leadership might have at some point either misconstrued some \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edevelopments in the West or chosen to act on the basis of \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eevaluations that were greatly exaggerated. And that's why I think there was such great danger involved.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr. Raymond L. Garthof, specialist on arms control and intelligence\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"in 1983, the Soviet military conducted its own exercise, Zapad [West] 83, which prepared (for the first time since the Second World War) for a situation where our armed forces obtained reliable data of an [an adversary's] \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edecision made by highest military and political leadership to launch a surprise attack, using all possible firepower (artillery, aviation, etc.) against us. In response, we \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003econducted offensive operations to disrupt the enemy attack and defeat its troops. That is, a preemptive strike.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeneral Valentin Ivanovich Varennikov, Soviet Deputy Chief of the General Staff\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ret ). Humpert (Usaf\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798869209788\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Excel Book Writing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/21\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 452\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.71lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.91d","brand":"Ret ). Humpert (Usaf","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45265334567167,"sku":"9798869209788","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f70487af-4662-43da-8b32-55ea4ae05406.jpg?v=1713420679","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-year-of-maximum-danger-ret-humpert-usaf-9798869209788","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}