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Fallout - Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown (Hardcover)
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Fallout - Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown (Hardcover)
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List price R555
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New York Times bestselling author Steve Sheinkin presents a follow
up to his award-winning book Bomb: The Race to Build--and
Steal--the World's Most Dangerous Weapon, taking readers on a
terrifying journey into the Cold War and our mutual assured
destruction. As World War II comes to a close, the United States
and the Soviet Union emerge as the two greatest world powers on
extreme opposites of the political spectrum. After the United
States showed its hand with the atomic bomb in Hiroshima, the
Soviets refuse to be left behind. With communism sweeping the
globe, the two nations begin a neck-and-neck competition to build
even more destructive bombs and conquer the Space Race. In their
battle for dominance, spy planes fly above, armed submarines swim
deep below, and undercover agents meet in the dead of night. The
Cold War game grows more precarious as weapons are pointed towards
each other, with fingers literally on the trigger. The decades-long
showdown culminates in the Cuban Missile Crisis, the world's close
call with the third--and final--world war. Praise for BOMB: A
Newbery Honor book A National Book Awards finalist for Young
People's Literature A Washington Post Best Kids Books of the Year
title "This is edge-of-the seat material that will resonate with
YAs who clamor for true spy stories, and it will undoubtedly
engross a cross-market audience of adults who dozed through the
World War II unit in high school." --BCCB, starred review "...reads
like an international spy thriller, and that's the beauty of it."
--School Library Journal, starred review "[A] complicated thriller
that intercuts action with the deftness of a Hollywood
blockbuster." --Booklist "A must-read..." --Publishers Weekly,
starred review "A superb tale of an era and an effort that forever
changed our world." --Kirkus, starred review Also by Steve
Sheinkin: The Notorious Benedict Arnold: A True Story of Adventure,
Heroism & Treachery The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and
the Fight for Civil Rights Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle
Indian School Football Team Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the
Secret History of the Vietnam War Which Way to the Wild West?:
Everything Your Schoolbooks Didn't Tell You About Westward
Expansion King George: What Was His Problem?: Everything Your
Schoolbooks Didn't Tell You About the American Revolution Two
Miserable Presidents: Everything Your Schoolbooks Didn't Tell You
About the Civil War Born to Fly: The First Women's Air Race Across
America
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