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Podcast: Cold War Conversations
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19 - Able Archer and the nuclear war scare of 1983

Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 01:12:23
Publish Date: 2018-07-21 04:00:00
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Today we're talking to Francesca Akhtar who holds a  BA Hons in American Studies with 1st class honours  from Canterbury Christ Christ Church University in Kent, and a Masters degree in US history & Politics from the Institute of the Americas, University College London.

Her main research interests are US Cold War foreign policy, intelligence history and defence. Francesca has written a dissertation entitled  “The most dangerous Soviet-American confrontation since the Cuban Missile Crisis?” An analysis of the origins, nature and impact of the Able Archer 83 incident .

I am delighted to welcome Francesca Akhtar to Cold War Conversations.

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