Red Menace: Soviet Military Power; Soviet Air Power; The Encyclopedia Of Soviet Spacecraft
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Slipcase: good.
At the height of the Cold War, the Soviet Union represented an unparalleled military colossus — a superpower whose vast arsenal of weapons, aircraft, and spacecraft cast a long shadow over the Western world. Red Menace is a compelling omnibus compendium that brings together three landmark reference works — Soviet Military Power, Soviet Air Power, and The Encyclopedia of Soviet Spacecraft — into a single authoritative volume, chronicling the full scope of the USSR's military and technological might with meticulous detail and striking visual documentation. This collection presents an unflinching account of Soviet strategic doctrine, weapons systems, aviation technology, and the ambitious space programme that stunned the world and ignited a generation of Cold War anxiety. Each volume argues its subject with the precision of military intelligence, illustrating the sheer scale and ingenuity of a rival superpower through detailed schematics, technical specifications, and expert analysis. Whether you are a military historian, a Cold War enthusiast, or a student of 20th-century geopolitics, Red Menace is an indispensable archive that raises one haunting question: how close did we really come to the brink?
Author: -
Format: Hardback
Genre: Military history
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Slipcase: good.
At the height of the Cold War, the Soviet Union represented an unparalleled military colossus — a superpower whose vast arsenal of weapons, aircraft, and spacecraft cast a long shadow over the Western world. Red Menace is a compelling omnibus compendium that brings together three landmark reference works — Soviet Military Power, Soviet Air Power, and The Encyclopedia of Soviet Spacecraft — into a single authoritative volume, chronicling the full scope of the USSR's military and technological might with meticulous detail and striking visual documentation. This collection presents an unflinching account of Soviet strategic doctrine, weapons systems, aviation technology, and the ambitious space programme that stunned the world and ignited a generation of Cold War anxiety. Each volume argues its subject with the precision of military intelligence, illustrating the sheer scale and ingenuity of a rival superpower through detailed schematics, technical specifications, and expert analysis. Whether you are a military historian, a Cold War enthusiast, or a student of 20th-century geopolitics, Red Menace is an indispensable archive that raises one haunting question: how close did we really come to the brink?