<p>“Excellent. . . . Deeply researched, compulsively readable and important.”<br>— The New York Times Book Review <br>“An important contribution to our understanding of those decades when the U.S. and U.S.S.R. held each other—and the world—in a balance of terror. . . . Engrossing.”<br>— Los Angeles Times <br>“Utterly riveting reading. . . . Schriever is a fascinating person, and Sheehan [is] to be commended for his careful gathering of interviews and documents to put flesh on this most unexpected warrior.”<br>— San Francisco Chronicle <br>“Even more thoroughly researched, bristling with facts and figures and faces, than A Bright Shining Lie. ”<br>— San Antonio Express-News <br>“A deep look at American defensive thinking in the Cold War. . . . Sheehan’s book is rich in cultural detail, beyond iconic moments of the Cold War as refracted through the lens of the missile race.”<br>&mda