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Auteur(s) : Sheehan, Neil (1936-2021)
Titre(s) : A fiery peace in a cold war [Texte imprimé] : Bernard Schriever and the ultimate weapon / Neil Sheehan
Édition : 1st ed
Publication : New York : Vintage books, Random House, c2009
Description matérielle : xix, 534 p. : ill. ; 25 cm
Comprend : Prologue: A rite of succession ; Book I: Becoming an American. Ellis Island and a
tragedy in Texas ; A benefactor and the house on the twelfth green ; The virtues of
golf ; White silk scarves and open cockpits ; Entering the brotherhood ; A fiasco
and reform ; Staying the course ; A fork in the road ; "Let's dive-bomb the bastards"
; The text on war ; Book II: Inheriting a different world. Atomic diplomacy ; Spies
inside the barbed wire ; "The balance has been destroyed" ; The state that was Stalin
; A confrontation and a misreading ; Containing the menace ; Neither rain, nor snow,
nor sleet, nor fog ; Stalin gets his bomb ; The consequences of delusion ; Good intentions
gone awry ; Book III: The perils of an apprenticeship. Hap Arnold's legacy ; Getting
organized ; Bomber leader ; Into the lion's den ; Moscow opts for rockets ; A nuclear
reactor in the sky ; Low-level tactics and the flying boom ; The last tangle and an
ambush --
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (p. [501]-509) and index
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.
Sujet(s) : Schriever, Bernard Adolph (1910-2005)
Guerre froide
Politique militaire -- États-Unis -- 1945-1990
Missiles balistiques intercontinentaux -- Construction -- États-Unis -- Histoire
Armes nucléaires -- Construction -- États-Unis -- Histoire
Histoire militaire -- États-Unis -- 20e siècle
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780679422846 (hc) (alk. paper). - ISBN 0679422846 (hc) (alk. paper). - ISBN
9781588369055 (erroné) (eBook)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb42317100f
Notice n° :
FRBNF42317100
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