| A Fiery Peace in a Cold War: Bernard Schriever and the Ultimate Weapon Contributor(s): Sheehan, Neil (Author) |
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ISBN: 0679745491 ISBN-13: 9780679745495 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $16.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Military - History | Military - Nuclear Warfare - History | Military - United States |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2010502720 |
| Physical Information: 1.14" H x 5.28" W x 8" (1.16 lbs) 576 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1950-1999 - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 ReviewIn 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. |