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Way Out There in the Blue: Reagan, Star Wars and the End of the Cold War
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Way Out There in the Blue: Reagan, Star Wars and the End of the Cold War Paperback - 2001

by Frances Fitzgerald

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Fitzgerald shows how Ronald Reagan, was able to initiate S.D.I., the Star Wars missile defense program. She shows that the idea of a perfect defense against nuclear attack was a dream and not possible, yet he managed to get billions in funding.


First line

ON MARCH 23, 1983, President Reagan announced that after consultations with the Joint Chiefs of Staff he had decided to embark on a long-range research-and development effort to counter the threat of Soviet ballistic missiles and to make these nuclear weapons "impotent and obsolete."

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  • Title Way Out There in the Blue: Reagan, Star Wars and the End of the Cold War
  • Author Frances Fitzgerald
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 1st Touchstone E
  • Pages 592
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Simon & Schuster, New York
  • Date 2001-03-12
  • Features Bibliography, Glossary
  • ISBN 9780743200233 / 0743200233
  • Weight 1.91 lbs (0.87 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.08 x 6.01 x 1.41 in (23.06 x 15.27 x 3.58 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1980's
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Chronological Period: 1950-1999
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 99059913
  • Dewey Decimal Code 973.9

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Citations

  • Booklist, 03/01/2002, Page 1085
  • Business Week, 07/02/2001, Page 22
  • New York Times, 03/18/2001, Page 24

About the author

Frances Fitzgerald is the acclaimed author of America Revised and Cities on a Hill. Her study of the Vietnam War, Fire in the Lake, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. She lives in New York City
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