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02624cam a2200541 a 4500 001 96AB6B20FBCE11DEB3E93EDF5F36B428 003 SILO 005 20181009010727 008 090121s2009 nyua b 001 0beng 010 $a 2009002247 020 $a 0679422846 (hc : alk. paper) 020 $a 9780679422846 (hc : alk. paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)297147678 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d YDXCP $d UPZ $d ABG $d GO3 $d MOF $d VP@ $d IXA $d IAK $d UKM $d NLGGC $d JID $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a E745.S34 $b S44 2009 100 1 $a Sheehan, Neil. 245 1 $a A fiery peace in a cold war : $b Bernard Schriever and the ultimate weapon / $c Neil Sheehan. 250 $a 1st ed. 260 $a New York : $b Random House, $c c2009. 300 $a xix, 534 p. : $b ill. ; $c 25 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. [501]-509) and index. 505 0 $a 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. 520 $a 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. 600 10 $a Schriever, Bernard A. 610 10 $a United States. $b Air Force $x Officers $v Biography. 650 0 $a Generals $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Military engineers $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Intercontinental ballistic missiles $x History. $x History. 650 0 $a Intercontinental ballistic missiles $z United States $x History. 650 0 $a Nuclear weapons $z United States $x History. 650 0 $a Cold War. 650 0 $a Aeronautics, Military $x History. $z United States $x History. 650 0 $a Astronautics $x History. $z United States $x History. 941 $a 11 952 $l PQAX094 $d 20231214043221.0 952 $l GEPG771 $d 20210722023444.0 952 $l MXPG943 $d 20180720032855.0 952 $l MMPE553 $d 20180719033913.0 952 $l IBAX173 $d 20180307023546.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20160902014138.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160825033012.0 952 $l RZPE145 $d 20140619020133.0 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20100503125228.0 952 $l OMAX631 $d 20100201083435.0 952 $l S1PD771 $d 20100120073657.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=96AB6B20FBCE11DEB3E93EDF5F36B428 994 $a 02 $b JIDInitiate Another SILO Locator Search