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A Fiery Peace in a Cold War

Bernard Schriever and the Ultimate Weapon

Neil Sheehan

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Vintage U S
01 February 2011
Bernard Schriever and the Ultimate Weapon

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.
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Imprint:   Vintage U S
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 202mm,  Width: 133mm,  Spine: 32mm
Weight:   492g
ISBN:   9780679745495
ISBN 10:   0679745491
Pages:   534
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Reviews for A Fiery Peace in a Cold War: Bernard Schriever and the Ultimate Weapon

<p>&ldquo;Excellent. . . . Deeply researched, compulsively readable and important.&rdquo;<br>&mdash; The New York Times Book Review <br>&ldquo;An important contribution to our understanding of those decades when the U.S. and U.S.S.R. held each other&mdash;and the world&mdash;in a balance of terror. . . . Engrossing.&rdquo;<br>&mdash; Los Angeles Times <br>&ldquo;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.&rdquo;<br>&mdash; San Francisco Chronicle <br>&ldquo;Even more thoroughly researched, bristling with facts and figures and faces, than A Bright Shining Lie. &rdquo;<br>&mdash; San Antonio Express-News <br>&ldquo;A deep look at American defensive thinking in the Cold War. . . . Sheehan&rsquo;s book is rich in cultural detail, beyond iconic moments of the Cold War as refracted through the lens of the missile race.&rdquo;<br>&mda


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