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Fermi, Reagan, and Trump

Why President Trump would do well to read Reagan’s writing on nuclear statesmanship.

The Soviet "War Scare" Declassified and For Real

All-Source Intelligence Report finds US-Soviet Nuclear Relations on "Hair Trigger" in 1983

Alert Air Force General acted "out of instinct, not informed guidance" to Stop Escalation of the Crisis

Cornerstones

The 1983 War Scare Part One: "The Last Paroxysm" of the Cold War

Soviet "Huffing and Puffing?" "Crying Wolf?" "Rattling Pots and Pans?" or "A Real Worry That We Could Come into Conflict through Miscalculation?"

The 1983 War Scare Part Two: Able Archer 83 Declassified

"Blue's use of nuclear weapons did not stop Orange's aggression." Able Archer 83 Declassified

The 1983 War Scare Part Three: "A rather stunning array of Indicators"

"Rather Stunning Array of Indicators" of the Soviet Reaction to Able Archer 83 had "A Dimension of Genuineness ... Often Not Reflected in Intelligence Issuances."