Title: A Fiery Peace in a Cold War: Bernard Schriever and the Ultimate Weapon
Author: Neil Sheehan
Published: 2010
Language: English
ISBN: 9780679422846
Publisher: Random House, Inc.
Pages: 576
Extension: EPUB
Size: 2 MB
Subjects: General, History, United States, Autobiography, Biography & Autobiography, Biography, 20th Century, Technology & Engineering, Modern, Military, Modern - 20th Century, Nuclear weapons, Nuclear warfare, Military Science, Military - United States, History: World, Aeronautics & Astronautics, Cold War, Design and construction, Astronautics, Generals - United States, Generals, Aeronautics, Aeronautics; Military - Research - United States - History, Intercontinental ballistic missiles, Air Forces, Intercontinental ballistic missiles - Design and construction - History, Astronautics - Research - United States - History, Military - Nuclear Warfare, Nuclear weapons - United States - History, United States - Officers, Intercontinental ballistic missiles - United States - History, Aeronautics; Military, Schriever, Military - Research - United States - History, Bernard A, Military engineers - United States, Schriever; Bernard A, Military engineers
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The US-Soviet arms race, told through the story of a colorful and visionary American Air Force officer - melding biography, history, world affairs, and science to transport the reader back and forth from individual drama to world stage.
"Compulsively readable and important." - The New York Times Book Review
In this never-before-told story, Neil Sheehan-winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award -- details American Air Force officer Bernard Schriever's quest to prevent the Soviet Union from acquiring nuclear superiority, and describes American efforts to develop the unstoppable nuclear-weapon delivery system, the intercontinental ballistic missile, the first weapons meant to deter an atomic holocaust rather than to be fired in anger.
In a sweeping narrative, Sheehan brings to life a huge cast of some of the most intriguing characters of the cold war, including the brilliant physicist John Von Neumann, and the hawkish Air Force general, Curtis LeMay.
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