David Walsh 
The Military Balance in the Cold War [EPUB ebook] 
US Perceptions and Policy, 1976-85

This book examines the impact of American perceptions of the military balance between the United States and the Soviet Union during the key period of 1976-1985. That decade witnessed the decline of the US-Soviet d nte and the resurgence of superpower confrontation, often called the Second Cold War. Among the factors contributing to this shift was