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Thinking Beyond the Unthinkable

Harnessing Doom from the Cold War to the Age of Terror

by Jonathan Stevenson

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      A top strategic analyst explains what the Cold War can teach the U.S. about the War on Terror.

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      • Media: Hardcover Book, 302 pages
      • Language: English
      • Publisher: Viking Books
      • Edition: Unknown
      • ISBN-10: 0670019011
      • Publication Date: Aug. 31st, 2008
      • ISBN-13: 9780670019014
      • Dimensions: 6.30 x 9.02 x 1.11 inches
      • Shipping Weight: 1.14 lbs
      • Categories: 20th Century Nuclear Age History

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