A Fiery Peace in a Cold War

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A Fiery Peace in a Cold War is the gripping account of the events, largely hidden until now, that saved the Cold War from turning into Armageddon.” —Anthony Lewis About the AuthorCited by: A Fiery Peace in a Cold War is a masterly work about Schriever's quests to prevent the Soviet Union from acquiring nuclear superiority, to penetrate and exploit space for America, and to build the first weapons meant to deter an atomic holocaust rather than to be fired in anger/5(86).

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Sheehan’s book helps make sense of things we know.” —Seattle Times “In this amazing book, Neil Sheehan shows us how the grand movements of history turn on the character of individuals. A Fiery Peace in a Cold War is the gripping account of the events, largely hidden until now, that saved the Cold War from turning into Armageddon.”4/4(22).

A Fiery Peace in a Cold War is a masterly work about Schriever’s quests to prevent the Soviet Union from acquiring nuclear superiority, to penetrate and exploit space for America, and to build the first weapons meant to deter an atomic holocaust rather than to be fired in anger.

“A Fiery Peace in a Cold War,” Neil Sheehan’s deeply researched, compulsively readable and important book, is about one of those : Michael Beschloss. Advance praise for A Fiery Peace in a Cold War “Neil Sheehan has triumphed again in this sweeping and absolutely fascinating book.

Using the personal passion of one Air Force officer as a lens, Sheehan takes on the epic tale of how science, the military, and politics became interwoven during the Cold War.

Just as he used the pivotal figure of John Paul Vann in A Bright Shining Lie to tie together America’s myriad miscalculations in the Vietnam War, so Neil Sheehan focuses here on Bernard Schriever, another relatively unknown presence, to anatomize America’s arms race with Russia from the end of World War II through the mids.

A German by birth, “Bennie” Schriever came to the U.S. The book won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award.

“A Fiery Peace in a Cold War: Bernard Schriever and the Ultimate Weapon” has preoccupied Sheehan ever since, and, if Author: Tim Rutten. A Fiery Peace in a Cold War: Bernard Schriever and the Ultimate Weapon, Neil Sheehan.

New York: Random House, pp., index. Matthew P. If the American public was polled to identify the iconic milestones of the Cold War, the 18 August launch of the US rocket Discoverer XIV probably would not make the list. The launch was a spectacular visual show, but so were most.

In his new book, “A Fiery Peace in a Cold War,” author Neil Sheehan tells much of the story of how the MAD world came about. Most Read Entertainment Stories A love letter to CBS' 'Survivor. A Fiery Peace in a Cold War - The Barnes & Noble Review. The counterintuitive history of the arms race, and the men who ran it -- largely in the dark.

The counterintuitive history of the arms race, and the men who ran it -- largely in the dark. B&N Reads. A FIERY PEACE IN A COLD WAR: BERNARD SCHRIEVER AND THE ULTIMATE WEAPON By Neil Sheehan Random House, $32, pages REVIEWED BY JOSEPH C. GOULDEN. He would go on to become the father of the modern, high-technology Air Force and play a pivotal role in preserving peace during the grim years of the Cold War by building the first weapon in the history of warfare that was meant to deter rather than to be fired in anger—the intercontinental ballistic missile.4/5(32).

A Fiery Peace in a Cold War: Bernard Schriever and the Ultimate Weapon by Neil Sheehan. Random House,pp. The oft-used phrase “American Dream” aptly describes not only one of the historical leaders of the modern Air Force but also a period of American history—the 10 years after World War II and the first decade of the Cold War.

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A Fiery Peace in a Cold War is a masterly work about Schriever's quests to prevent the Soviet Union from acquiring nuclear superiority, to penetrate and exploit space for America, and to build the first weapons meant to deter an atomic holocaust rather than to be fired in anger.

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About the Author Neil Sheehan is the author of A Bright Shining Lie, which won the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction in   A Fiery Peace in a Cold War is a masterly work about Schriever’s quests to prevent the Soviet Union from acquiring nuclear superiority, to penetrate and exploit space for America, and to build the first weapons meant to deter an atomic holocaust rather than to be fired in anger.4/5(14).