A Fiery Peace in a Cold War Bernard Schriever and the Ultimate Weapon |
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Author:
| Sheehan, Neil |
ISBN: | 978-0-679-74549-5 |
Publication Date: | Feb 2011 |
Publisher: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | AUD $36.99 |
Book Description:
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The US-Soviet arms race, told through the story of a colorful and visionaryAmerican Air Force officer-melding biography, history, world affairs, and science to transportthe 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...
More Description The US-Soviet arms race, told through the story of a colorful and visionaryAmerican Air Force officer-melding biography, history, world affairs, and science to transportthe 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.