The Dead Hand: The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and its Dangerous Legacy is a 2009 book written by David E. Hoffman, a Washington Post contributing editor. It was the winner of the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction.

The Dead Hand: The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and its Dangerous Legacy
Front cover of The Dead Hand
AuthorDavid E. Hoffman
LanguageEnglish
GenreHistory
PublisherDoubleday
Publication date
2009
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardcover)
Pages577 pp
ISBN978-0-385-52437-7
OCLC320432478
909.82/5 dc22
LC ClassU264.H645 2009

The book is based on a large number of published and unpublished sources, including interviews with political leaders, scientists, military officials and diplomats. The Russian automatic nuclear-control system known as "Dead Hand" is described in detail.

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