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Secret Weapons of the Cold War: From the H-Bomb to SDI

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This book was excellenty researched and full of unheard of weapons data from both sides of the iron curtain. This book should be the follow-on book to Deep Black (circa 1985 by Clive Burrows?) which talked about some of those weapons in their idea/development phases. This book by Bill Yenne mentioned weapons systems never written about in newspapers. The beginning of the book is a little dry in that it covers the history of spy satellite development with quite a bit of detail, but really nothing new to one who has read other books on the subject. After that it picks up the pace and becomes a treasure find of relatively unknown info on Soviet weapons systems as well as American. I will likely read this book again because I found it so full of historical (concise) and technical data/detail. Certainly a reference to anyone interested in high tech weapons of the Cold War and beyond. I would have rated 5-stars, but too many grammar/syntax errors.

If it was a weapons system in the cold war, on either side, it is covered here! Very interesting and informative!

this small little pocket book covers everything and its a great informative and enjoyable book to read over over again well worth it worth five stars even on the price

After reading hundreds of reports written by intelligence analysts, the minor grammatical errors that populate this text are easily overlooked. This book is a gem for the listing of the Soviet weapons... I want more info on them, but I guess I'll have to raid the vaults at NAIC. The info on American systems is better covered elsewhere, but strengthens the compare and contrast with the Soviet ones. An excellent resource.

Downside - I did not like the mass market paperback package. I use my resources heavily, and paperbacks don't hold up to my damage. Until I brought up this page, I didn't know a hardback version existed. INFO GOOD/BOOK FORM BAD.