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Description edit
From Neil Sheehan, author of the Pulitzer Prize—winning classic A Bright Shining Lie, comes this long-awaited, magnificent epic. Here is 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... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Bennie Schriever: Add a description of this character.
- Trevor Gardner
- Greene
- Stalin
- Hall
- Ramo
- Simon Ramo
- Jacobson
- Von Neumann
- Mettler
- Eisenhower
- Mathison
- Hap Arnold
- Khrushchev
- Truman
- Wernher Von Braun
- Wilson
- Kenney
- Acheson
- Hitler
- Karman
- Convair
- Talbott
- Joni
- Brown
- Douglas
- Ferguson
- Quarles
- Dora
- Kennedy
- Wooldridge
- Beria
- Dougherty
- Johnny
- Terhune
- Wallace
- Whitehead
- Lanphier
- Jake
- Getz
- Jamie
- Spaatz
- Zhukov
- Bernard Schriever
- Medaris
- Bissell
- Fuchs
- Jackson
- Bossart
Setting & Locations edit
- United States
- Soviet Union
- Germany
- Washington
- California
- Russia
- England
- Moscow
- Eastern Europe
- Japan
- New York
- Turkey
- Pacific
- America
- Cuba
- Berlin
- Los Alamos
- Jupiter
- Britain
- Los Angeles
- San Antonio
- Cape Canaveral
- White House
- Agena
- Texas
- Nagasaki
- Wright Field
- Hiroshima
- Australia
- France
- New Mexico
- London
- New Guinea
- Princeton
- Caribbean
- China
- Italy
- Korea
- Hungary
- Florida
- Normandy
- Alabama
- Tokyo
- Hawaii
- Greece
- Dayton
- Baltimore
- Ohio
Authors & Contributors edit
- Neil Sheehan (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Random House
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2009
ISBN: 0679422846
Page Count: 560
Publisher: Random House
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2009
ISBN: 0679422846
Page Count: 560
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- Dewey: 355.0092
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