''A stunning feat of research and narrative. Terrifying.'' - John le Carre ''Authoritative and chilling . a readable, many-tentacled account of the decades-long military standoff between the United States and the Soviet Union . The Dead Hand is deadly serious, but this story can verge on pitch-black comedy - Dr. Strangelove as updated by the Coen Brothers.'' - New York Times '''The Dead Hand' is a brilliant work of history, a richly detailed, gripping tale that takes us inside the Cold War arms race as no other book has.a story so riveting and scary that you feel like you are reading a fictional thriller.

'' - Rajiv Chandrasekaran, author of 'Imperial Life in the Emerald City' ''An extraordinary achievement.'' - Sir Michael Dobbs ''This is a tour de force of investigative history.'' - Steve Coll ''A thought-provoking book which reads like a thriller. A gripping chronicle of the second half of the last century and a brilliant analysis of the single strategic conflict that more than any other shaped today's world.'' - Gordon Thomas, author of 'Inside British Intelligence and Gideon's Spies'.