The Brink: President Reagan and the Nuclear War Scare of 1983

Part I. Decapitation. Détente's rise and fall ; Toward protracted nuclear war ; Decapitation ; Man in the gap ; Project RYAN ; Warning ; Zero-zero ; Ivy League '82 ; Bogging down ; The view from London

Part II. To the brink. 1983 ; The Evil Empire ; SDI and sabotage ; Provocations ; Diamonds ; Spy vs. spy ; Green shoots ; The Phantom (part I) ; The Phantom (part II) ; The day before the day after ; Able Archer 83 ; FLASH telegram ; Validate and authenticate ; Open hatches

Part III. Endgame(s). Sacrifice ; Warning of war ; Ivan and Anya ; What did we miss? ; Arguing on behalf of Soviet fears ; How can this be? ; Roll the dice ; A new hope : but still, Star Wars? ; Not to miss the chance ; To Geneva.