Fallout : spies, superbombs, and the ultimate Cold War showdown /
Sheinkin, Steve,
Fallout : spies, superbombs, and the ultimate Cold War showdown / Spies, superbombs, and the ultimate Cold War showdown - First edition. - 342 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references pages (305-332) and index.
"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"--
Ages 10-14 Roaring Brook Press. Grades 7-9 Roaring Brook Press.
9781250149015 1250149010
2021019729
1900-1999
Cold War--Juvenile literature.
Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962--Juvenile literature.
Espionage, American--History--Soviet Union--20th century--Juvenile literature.
Espionage, Soviet--History--United States--20th century--Juvenile literature.
Cold War.
Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962.
Espionage, American--History--Soviet Union--20th century.
Espionage, Soviet--History--United States--20th century.
United States--Foreign relations--Soviet Union--Juvenile literature.
Soviet Union--Foreign relations--United States--Juvenile literature.
United States--Foreign relations--Soviet Union.
Soviet Union--Foreign relations--United States.
History.
Juvenile works.
E841 / .S54 2021
972.9106/4
Fallout : spies, superbombs, and the ultimate Cold War showdown / Spies, superbombs, and the ultimate Cold War showdown - First edition. - 342 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references pages (305-332) and index.
"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"--
Ages 10-14 Roaring Brook Press. Grades 7-9 Roaring Brook Press.
9781250149015 1250149010
2021019729
1900-1999
Cold War--Juvenile literature.
Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962--Juvenile literature.
Espionage, American--History--Soviet Union--20th century--Juvenile literature.
Espionage, Soviet--History--United States--20th century--Juvenile literature.
Cold War.
Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962.
Espionage, American--History--Soviet Union--20th century.
Espionage, Soviet--History--United States--20th century.
United States--Foreign relations--Soviet Union--Juvenile literature.
Soviet Union--Foreign relations--United States--Juvenile literature.
United States--Foreign relations--Soviet Union.
Soviet Union--Foreign relations--United States.
History.
Juvenile works.
E841 / .S54 2021
972.9106/4