"[A] story of the Cold War, told by a former navy secretary on the basis of recently declassified documents"--Amazon.com.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (289-313)and index.
Contents
American Naval strategy and operations in the Cold War -- Ocean Venture '81: a bold new strategic operation -- Talking a new national strategy to sea: sending a message -- Soviet panic; misreading the message: the mobilization of 1983 -- Gaining global velocity, 1983-1985 -- The beginning of the end: Northern Wedding, 1986 -- The Soviets (and others) get the message, 1986-1988: the Cold War hurtles toward its end -- The Cold War ends, 1989: the East European bloc disintegrates.
