The Resource A fiery peace in a cold war : Bernard Schriever and the ultimate weapon, Neil Sheehan
A fiery peace in a cold war : Bernard Schriever and the ultimate weapon, Neil Sheehan
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- xix, 534 p.
- Isbn
- 9780679422846
- Label
- A fiery peace in a cold war : Bernard Schriever and the ultimate weapon
- Title
- A fiery peace in a cold war
- Title remainder
- Bernard Schriever and the ultimate weapon
- Statement of responsibility
- Neil Sheehan
- Subject
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- Astronautics -- Research -- United States -- History.
- Aeronautics, Military -- Research -- United States -- History.
- United States -- Officers -- Biography.
- United States -- Officers -- Biography
- Intercontinental ballistic missiles -- United States -- History.
- Cold War.
- Intercontinental ballistic missiles -- Design and construction | History.
- Nuclear weapons -- United States -- History.
- Schriever, Bernard A.
- Generals -- United States -- Biography.
- Schriever, Bernard A
- Military engineers -- United States -- Biography.
- Language
- eng
- 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
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- Title
- A fiery peace in a cold war
- Summary
- Chronicles the mid-twentieth-century effort to prevent the Soviet Union from acquiring nuclear superiority, in an account that describes the pivotal contributions of Bernard Schriever, Eisenhower, and Stalin
- Subject
-
- Intercontinental ballistic missiles -- United States -- History
- History Writing -- Military | Weapons
- Military engineers -- United States -- Biography
- History Writing -- Cold War
- Intercontinental ballistic missiles -- Design and construction | History
- Generals -- United States -- Biography
- Military aviation -- History
- Nuclear weapons -- United States -- History
- Cold War
- Astronautics -- Research -- United States -- History
- Award
- New York Times Notable Book, 2009
- Biography type
- individual biography
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 325118
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- Dewey number
-
- 355.0092
- B
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- E745.S34
- LC item number
- S44 2009
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- True
- Target audience
- adult
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- Bernard Schriever and the ultimate weapon
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/titleRemainder
- Bernard Schriever and the ultimate weapon
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/titleStatement
- Neil Sheehan
- Label
- A fiery peace in a cold war : Bernard Schriever and the ultimate weapon, Neil Sheehan
- Related Authorities
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- Aeronautics, Military
- History
- Cold War
- Design and construction
- United States, Air Force
- Generals
- Cold War.
- Nuclear weapons
- Biography
- Military engineers
- Military aviation
- History Writing
- Biography.
- Astronautics
- History.
- Intercontinental ballistic missiles
- Military
- Research
- Weapons
- Officers
- Schriever, Bernard A.
- United States
- Related Subjects
-
- Astronautics -- Research -- United States -- History.
- Intercontinental ballistic missiles -- United States -- History
- History Writing -- Military | Weapons
- Military engineers -- United States -- Biography
- Aeronautics, Military -- Research -- United States -- History.
- History Writing -- Cold War
- Intercontinental ballistic missiles -- Design and construction | History
- United States -- Officers -- Biography.
- Intercontinental ballistic missiles -- United States -- History.
- Generals -- United States -- Biography
- Military aviation -- History
- Nuclear weapons -- United States -- History
- Cold War.
- Intercontinental ballistic missiles -- Design and construction | History.
- Nuclear weapons -- United States -- History.
- Cold War
- Schriever, Bernard A.
- Generals -- United States -- Biography.
- Astronautics -- Research -- United States -- History
- Military engineers -- United States -- Biography.
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [501]-509) and index
- Control code
- ocn297147678
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- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
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- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- xix, 534 p.
- Isbn
- 9780679422846
- Isbn Type
- (hc : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2009002247
- Other physical details
- ill.
Subject
- Aeronautics, Military -- Research -- United States -- History.
- Astronautics -- Research -- United States -- History.
- Cold War.
- Generals -- United States -- Biography.
- Intercontinental ballistic missiles -- Design and construction | History.
- Intercontinental ballistic missiles -- United States -- History.
- Military engineers -- United States -- Biography.
- Nuclear weapons -- United States -- History.
- Schriever, Bernard A
- Schriever, Bernard A.
- United States -- Officers -- Biography
- United States -- Officers -- Biography.
- Astronautics -- Research -- United States -- History
- Cold War
- Generals -- United States -- Biography
- History Writing -- Cold War
- History Writing -- Military | Weapons
- Intercontinental ballistic missiles -- Design and construction | History
- Intercontinental ballistic missiles -- United States -- History
- Military aviation -- History
- Military engineers -- United States -- Biography
- Nuclear weapons -- United States -- History
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- New York Times Notable Book, 2009
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