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Author:

Sheehan, Neil.

Title:

A fiery peace in a cold war : Bernard Schriever and the ultimate weapon / Neil Sheehan.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Random House,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

xix, 534 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Schriever, Bernard A.
United States.--Air Force--Officers--Biography.
Generals--United States--Biography.
Military engineers--United States--Biography.
Intercontinental ballistic missiles--History.--History.
Intercontinental ballistic missiles--United States--History.
Nuclear weapons--United States--History.
Cold War.
Aeronautics, Military--History.--United States--History.
Astronautics--History.--United States--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [501]-509) and index.

Contents:

Prologue: A rite of succession -- Becoming an American -- Inheriting a different world -- The perils of an apprenticeship -- Starting a race -- Winning a president -- Building the unstoppable -- A spy in orbit and a game of nuclear dice -- The Schriever luck.

Summary:

From Sheehan, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning classic "A Bright Shining Lie," comes the never-before-told story of the nuclear arms race that changed history--and of the visionary American Air Force officer Bernard Schriever, who led the high-stakes effort with the ICBM (intercontinental ballistic missiles) program.

ISBN:

0679422846 (hc : alk. paper)
9780679422846 (hc : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)297147678

LCCN:

2009002247

Locations:

MMPE553 -- Algona Public Library (Algona)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

RZPE145 -- Carroll Public Library (Carroll)

MXPG943 -- Fort Dodge Public Library (Fort Dodge)

S1PD771 -- Johnston Public Library (Johnston)

IBAX173 -- North Iowa Area Community College Library (Mason City)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)