%T The nuclear war scare of 1983: how serious was it?
%A Paul Dibb



%I Australian Strategic Policy Institute
%D 2013

%K Nuclear weapons, %K Defence, %K Diplomacy, %K War, %K International relations



%U https://apo.org.au/node/35951

%X Thirty years ago, the Soviet Union and the United States stood on the brink of nuclear war. The Communist Party leadership in Moscow was convinced that Washington was about to launch a pre-emptive nuclear strike, which would require a massive nuclear response.
%9 Report