You will be taken to the field, inside the towers, and out on the town. In this brutally honest and irreverently funny account, one of the men who stood the perimeter describes what it was like. One company of infantry stands between the entire Soviet arsenal and live Pershing II nuclear missiles which are the threat used by President Ronald Reagan as he orders Mr. It appears nothing can end this standoff except nuclear annihilation or capitulation by one of the antagonists. Thousands of protestors are surrounding nuclear storage sites and are becoming more aggressive each year. Leftist groups such as the Red Army Faction (RAF) of West Germany and Action Direct (AD) of France are threatening to attack NATO installations in the Federal Republic of Germany and throughout Europe as they have in the past. The USSR is also in the midst of a protracted war of conquest in Afghanistan. The arms race has ramped up to unbelievable proportions, and both sides are threatening action soon if deeply contentious issues are not resolved. The differences causing conflict are fundamental. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!" President Ronald Reagan It is 1986, and the Soviet Union is five years from collapsing bringing an end to a nearly fifty year standoff with the United States.
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