Armageddon and Paranoia
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Armageddon and Paranoia by Sir Rodric Braithwaite
A gripping account of the intense rivalry between Russia and the West, from bestselling author and former diplomat Rodric Braithwaite In 1945, the atom bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. Warfare was never the same again. Armageddon and Paranoia relates how the power of the atom was harnessed to produce weapons capable of destroying human civilisation, and what this has done to the world. There are few villains in this story: on both sides of the Iron Curtain, dedicated scientists cracked the secrets of nature while dutiful military men planned out possible manoeuvres and politicians wrestled with intolerable decisions. Patriotic citizens acquiesced to the idea that their country needed the ultimate means of defence. Some protested, citing the unanswerable question: what end could possibly be served by such fearsome means? None wanted to start a nuclear war, but all were paranoid about what the other side might do. The danger of annihilation - by accident or design - has never quite left the world. As fears about who controls the nuclear codes continue to make headlines, Rodric Braithwaite (author of bestsellers Moscow 1941 and Afgantsy) has painted a vivid and detailed portrait of this intense period in history - and its terrifying implications today.
A timely and sober book.. a trenchant and stimulating analysis of nuclear deterrence * Observer *
A wise observer of how close we came to Armageddon * Prospect *
Braithwaite ... is on top form. * Financial Times *
[A] fresh and invigorating take on the Cold War. * History Today *
Personal experience plus careful study have given him a remarkable platform from which he brilliantly dissects the ethical dilemmas. -- Jonathan Steele * Guardian *
Scintillating. * The Times *
Rodric Braithwaite has produced a masterly history of the nuclear age just in time since its dangers are back with a vengeance. Our leaders must take the lessons in this meticulous and revelatory narrative. * Strobe Talbott, Brookings Institution *
An even handed, nuanced and even chilling account of the nuclear confrontation between the USA and the USSR. -- Margot Light * Literary Review *
Praise for Afgantsy: 'Outstanding * THES *
This is the book every politician, every general, every diplomat contemplating getting into, or out of, Afghanistan should be made to read. [...] It is a minor masterpiece. * Guardian *
[Braithwaite] is one of the most vivid emotionally engaged diplomats to have turned to the pen. * Financial Times *
Praise for Moscow 1941: 'A masterful account * Times *
a remarkable epic, vividly portrayed * Sunday Telegraph *
A wise observer of how close we came to Armageddon * Prospect *
Braithwaite ... is on top form. * Financial Times *
[A] fresh and invigorating take on the Cold War. * History Today *
Personal experience plus careful study have given him a remarkable platform from which he brilliantly dissects the ethical dilemmas. -- Jonathan Steele * Guardian *
Scintillating. * The Times *
Rodric Braithwaite has produced a masterly history of the nuclear age just in time since its dangers are back with a vengeance. Our leaders must take the lessons in this meticulous and revelatory narrative. * Strobe Talbott, Brookings Institution *
An even handed, nuanced and even chilling account of the nuclear confrontation between the USA and the USSR. -- Margot Light * Literary Review *
Praise for Afgantsy: 'Outstanding * THES *
This is the book every politician, every general, every diplomat contemplating getting into, or out of, Afghanistan should be made to read. [...] It is a minor masterpiece. * Guardian *
[Braithwaite] is one of the most vivid emotionally engaged diplomats to have turned to the pen. * Financial Times *
Praise for Moscow 1941: 'A masterful account * Times *
a remarkable epic, vividly portrayed * Sunday Telegraph *
Sir Rodric Braithwaite is a former British diplomat and author whose long Foreign Office career took him to Indonesia, Poland, Italy, America and Russia. He was British Ambassador in Moscow during the fall of the Soviet Union, which he described in Across the Moscow River (2002, Yale). Rodric Braithwaite was subsequently foreign policy adviser to the Prime Minister, John Major, and Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee. He is author of Afgantsy: The Russians in Afghanistan (Profile Books), and Moscow 1941 (Profile Books), a bestseller translated into nineteen languages.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781781257197 |
| ISBN 10 | 1781257191 |
| Titel | Armageddon and Paranoia |
| Autor | Sir Rodric Braithwaite |
| Buchzustand | Nicht verfügbar |
| Bindungsart | Hardback |
| Verlag | Profile Books Ltd |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 2017-09-21 |
| Seitenanzahl | 512 |
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