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[5] Ibid.
[6] Ibid.
[7] Pavel Aksenov, “Stanislav Petrov: The Man Who May Have Saved the World,” BBC Europe (BBC News), September 26, 2013, http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-24280831.
[8] Ibid.
[9] Ibid.
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[25] Ibid.
[26] "USSR Civil Defense". 1962. The Science News-Letter 82 (20): 319. http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/3944818.pdf.
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[29] Pavel Aksenov, “Stanislav Petrov: The Man Who May Have Saved the World,” BBC Europe (BBC News), September 26, 2013, http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-24280831.
[30] Patterson, Thom, “The Downing of Flight 007: 30 Years Later, a Cold War Tragedy Still Seems Surreal,” CNN (Cable News Network), August 31, 2013, http://edition.cnn.com/2013/08/31/us/kal-fight-007-anniversary/.
[31] Ibid.
[32] Ibid.
[33] Stasi Note on Meeting Between Minister Mielke and KGB Deputy Chairman Kryuchkov, 19 September, 1983. http://digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org/document/115718
[34] Ibid.
[35] Ibid.
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[37] Pavel Aksenov, “Stanislav Petrov: The Man Who May Have Saved the World,” BBC Europe (BBC News), September 26, 2013, http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-24280831.
[38] Ibid.
[39] “R-7 Family of Launchers and ICBMs,” Russian Space Web, 2011, accessed December 23, 2016, http://www.russianspaceweb.com/r7.html.
[40] "ICBM,” United States History, accessed December 10, 2016, http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1955.html.
[41] Tom de Castella, “How Did We Forget about Mutually Assured Destruction?,” BBC Magazine (BBC News), February 15, 2012, http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-17026538.
[42] Ibid.
[43] Encyclopædia Britannica (Encyclopædia Britannica, 2016), s.v “Arms Race” by The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica, accessed February 6, 2017, https://www.britannica.com/topic/arms-race.
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Surreal.” CNN (Cable News Network), August 31, 2013. http://edition.cnn.com/2013/08/31/us/kal-fight-007-anniversary/.
[45] Pavel Aksenov, “Stanislav Petrov: The Man Who May Have Saved the World,” BBC Europe (BBC News), September 26, 2013, http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-24280831.
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[48] Ibid.
[49] “The 1983 War Scare: ‘The Last Paroxysm’ of the Cold War Part I,” The National Security Archive, May 16, 2013, accessed February 9, 2017, http://nsarchive.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB426/.
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[2] Ronald Reagan, “Evil Empire Speech,” in Reagan, “Evil empire,” speech text (n.p., 1983), http://voicesofdemocracy.umd.edu/reagan-evil-empire-speech-text/.
[3] “The 1983 War Scare: ‘The last Paroxysm’ of the Cold War Part I,” The National Security Archive, May 16, 2013, accessed December 22, 2016, http://nsarchive.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB426/.
[4] Ronald Reagan, Address to the Nation on the Soviet Attack on a Korean Civilian Airliner, (n.p., 1983), https://reaganlibrary.archives.gov/archives/speeches/1983/90583a.htm.
[5] Ibid.
[6] Ibid.
[7] Pavel Aksenov, “Stanislav Petrov: The Man Who May Have Saved the World,” BBC Europe (BBC News), September 26, 2013, http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-24280831.
[8] Ibid.
[9] Ibid.
[10] Lynn, Vera. We'll Meet Again. By Ross Parker and Hughie Charles. 1939, CD.
[11] Depiction of the Concept of the Strategic Defense Initiative. Digital image. GlobalSecurity.org. http://www.globalsecurity.org/space/systems/sdi.htm.
[12] Korobushin, Varfolomei Vladimirovich. "Interview of Korobushin." Interview by John G. Hines. The National Security Archive.
[13] The President's Strategic Defense Initiative. March 1985. A 1985 description of the Reagan administration’s Strategic Defense Initiative., Bureau of Public Affairs, Dept. of State, Washington, D.C. https://dp.la/primary-source-sets/sources/554/.
[14] Reagan, Ronald. "Foreword Written for a Report on the Strategic Defense Initiative." National Archives and Records Administration. December 28, 1984. Accessed November 20, 2016.
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[17] Formal investigation into the Circumstances Surrounding the Downing of Iran Air Flight 655 on 3 July 1988. August 19, 1988. Washington, D.C.http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA203577.
[18] "Iran Air Flight 655". April 30, 2017. Accessed May 2, 2017. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_Air_Flight_655.
[19] Horsey, David. 1983. Preliminary Disarmament Talks.... Image. http://hti.osu.edu/opper/lesson-plans/nuclear-weapons/images/preliminary-disarmament-talks.
[20] Garwin, Richard L. "Technical Aspects of Ballistic Missile Defense." The Garwin Archive. Accessed March 06, 2017. https://fas.org/rlg/garwin-aps.htm.
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[23] Pavel Aksenov, “Stanislav Petrov: The Man Who May Have Saved the World,” BBC Europe (BBC News), September 26, 2013, http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-24280831.
[24] Disciplinary Code of the Armed Forces. June 1, 1946. Minister of Armed Forces of the USSR, Disciplinary Code of the Armed Forces of the USSR. http://soviethistory.msu.edu/1947-2/xenophobia/xenophobia-texts/disciplinary-code-of-the-armed-forces/.
[25] Ibid.
[26] "USSR Civil Defense". 1962. The Science News-Letter 82 (20): 319. http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/3944818.pdf.
[27] Kataev, VitaliiLeonidovich. "Interview of Kataev." Interview by John G. Hines. The National Security Archive. http://nsarchive.gwu.edu/nukevault/ebb285/vol%20II%20Kataev.PDF.
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[29] Pavel Aksenov, “Stanislav Petrov: The Man Who May Have Saved the World,” BBC Europe (BBC News), September 26, 2013, http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-24280831.
[30] Patterson, Thom, “The Downing of Flight 007: 30 Years Later, a Cold War Tragedy Still Seems Surreal,” CNN (Cable News Network), August 31, 2013, http://edition.cnn.com/2013/08/31/us/kal-fight-007-anniversary/.
[31] Ibid.
[32] Ibid.
[33] Stasi Note on Meeting Between Minister Mielke and KGB Deputy Chairman Kryuchkov, 19 September, 1983. http://digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org/document/115718
[34] Ibid.
[35] Ibid.
[36] “Stanislav Petrov: World Hero-Insight,” Bright Star Sound, accessed February 8, 2017, http://brightstarsound.com/world_hero/insight.html.
[37] Pavel Aksenov, “Stanislav Petrov: The Man Who May Have Saved the World,” BBC Europe (BBC News), September 26, 2013, http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-24280831.
[38] Ibid.
[39] “R-7 Family of Launchers and ICBMs,” Russian Space Web, 2011, accessed December 23, 2016, http://www.russianspaceweb.com/r7.html.
[40] "ICBM,” United States History, accessed December 10, 2016, http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1955.html.
[41] Tom de Castella, “How Did We Forget about Mutually Assured Destruction?,” BBC Magazine (BBC News), February 15, 2012, http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-17026538.
[42] Ibid.
[43] Encyclopædia Britannica (Encyclopædia Britannica, 2016), s.v “Arms Race” by The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica, accessed February 6, 2017, https://www.britannica.com/topic/arms-race.
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[45] Pavel Aksenov, “Stanislav Petrov: The Man Who May Have Saved the World,” BBC Europe (BBC News), September 26, 2013, http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-24280831.
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[48] Ibid.
[49] “The 1983 War Scare: ‘The Last Paroxysm’ of the Cold War Part I,” The National Security Archive, May 16, 2013, accessed February 9, 2017, http://nsarchive.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB426/.
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