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A Fiery Peace In A Cold War: Bernard Schriever And The Ultimate Weapon (2009)

by Neil Sheehan(Favorite Author)

3.72 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0679422846 (ISBN13: 9780679422846)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Random House

review 1: A really fascinating history of how the ICBM was developed and how the race with the Russians was won. Starting from the close of World War II there was a furious race between the two super powers to effectively deploy nuclear weapons. Bennie Schriever sounds like an absolutely amazing person with skills to manage an incredible effort like this. The Minuteman missle system and its build in redundancy was fascinating to learn about.
review 2: A very detailed account of the development of nuclear weapons through the eyes and personal account of the life of General Bernard Schriever. I read this book and completed it on 30 November 2010. It was a terrific historical read on the complete development of the U.S. Air Force as well as the story begins before the Fi... morerst World War and moves smoothly on the in-between-war-years and then follows the Second World War into the Cold War effectively. less

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