A Fiery Peace in a Cold War by Neil Sheehan

A Fiery Peace in a Cold War by Neil Sheehan

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 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.

A Fiery Peace in a Cold War is written by Neil Sheehan. He worked as a war correspondent for United Press International and The New York Times in Vietnam for three years, winning multiple accolades for his work. He got the Pentagon Papers in 1971, earning the Pulitzer Prize Gold Medal for distinguished public service to The New York Times. In 1988, he won the National Book Award for A Brilliant Shining Lie, and in 1989, he won the Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction. In the year 2021, he passed away.

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ISBN 13	9780679745495
ISBN 10	0679745491
Title	A Fiery Peace in a Cold War
Author	Neil Sheehan
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2010-10-05
Number of pages	576
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