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The Kremlin's Nuclear Sword: The Rise and Fall of Russia's Strategic Nuclear Forces, 1945-2000
The Kremlin's Nuclear Sword The Rise and Fall of Russia's Strategic Nuclear Forces 19452000 Author:Steve Zaloga, Steven J. Zaloga The prevailing Western view of Russia's Cold War strategic nuclear weapons policy is that it resulted from a two-part interplay between the leaders of the Communist Party and the military. Steven J. Zaloga has found that a third contributoræthe Russian defense industryæalso played a vital role. Drawing from elusive Russian source mater... more »ial and interviews with many proud Russian and Ukrainian engineers, he presents a definitive account of Russia's strategic forces, who built them, and why.« less