The Dead Hand
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This article is about the nonfiction book The Dead Hand. For the Cold War nuclear control system, see Dead Hand (nuclear war).
| The Dead Hand: The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and its Dangerous Legacy | |
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| Author(s) | David E. Hoffman |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | History |
| Publisher | Doubleday |
| Publication date | 2009 |
| Media type | Print (hardcover) |
| Pages | 577 pp |
| ISBN | 978-0-385-52437-7 |
| OCLC Number | 320432478 |
| Dewey Decimal | 909.82'5 dc22 |
| LC Classification | U264.H645 2009 |
The Dead Hand: The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and its Dangerous Legacy is the winner of the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction written by Washington Post contributing editor David E. Hoffman.
The book is based on high number of published and unpublished sources, including interviews with politic leaders, scientists, military and diplomatic officials. The Russian system "Dead Hand" is described in detail.
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