Oh yes—I too have been on the receiving end of multiple such volumes over the years!

There are alternative ways to access those, you know!

For those who want to dig deep: here is the NSP 77-80 #FRUS volume to which Austin alludes:

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For real life!

By July–August 1980, the Pentagon and NSC were still untangling what went wrong.
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#HouseOfDynamite #ColdWar #Carter #FRUS

Jun 7–13, 1980 — Brown, Odom, and Eizenstat scramble to correct “false missile alerts.”
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#NuclearHistory #FRUS

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May 29, 1980 — Brzezinski to CIA’s Turner.
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Jun 4 — Brzezinski to Carter; DoD analysis follows.
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#Carter #ColdWar

Dec 21, 1979 — Odom again to Brzezinski.
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Mar 15, 1980 — Odom reports another anomaly.
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#NationalSecurity #FRUS

Nov 16, 1979 — Odom to Brzezinski on the first false alert.
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Nov 20 — SecDef Brown to Carter.
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History is cyclical.
So are prices.

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