{"product_id":"the-year-of-maximum-danger-1983-paperback","title":"The Year of Maximum Danger 1983 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRet ). Humpert (Usaf\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 452\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.91 x 10 x 7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 21, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51749724094752,"sku":"9798869209788","price":57.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/76316331c0d540f5256b4f5369fa408e.webp?v=1779937145","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-year-of-maximum-danger-1983-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}