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Richard Rhodes — The Making of the Atomic Bomb

The Joe Walker Podcast

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Reagan and Gorbachev's Strategic Defense Initiative

In 1987, Reagan and Gorbachev met in Reykjavik for a pre-summit meeting. The Soviet fighter pilot with local approvals shot down the Korean airliner that had strayed over Soviet territory several hundred miles. "From his perspective, the place to start was at the top with nuclear weapons," says Peter Bergen.

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