Fallout : spies, superbombs, and the ultimate Cold War showdown

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Fallout : spies, superbombs, and the ultimate Cold War showdown

Title remainder

spies, superbombs, and the ultimate Cold War showdown

Statement of responsibility

Steve Sheinkin

Title variation

Spies, superbombs, and the ultimate Cold War showdown

Creator

• Sheinkin, Steve

Author

• Sheinkin, Steve

Subject

• Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962
• Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962 -- Juvenile literature
• Espionage, American -- Soviet Union -- History -- 20th century
• Espionage, American -- Soviet Union -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
• Espionage, Soviet -- United States -- History -- 20th century
• Cold War
• Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States
• Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States -- Juvenile literature
• United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union
• United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union -- Juvenile literature
• Espionage, Soviet -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
• Cold War -- Juvenile literature

Genre

• Juvenile literature

Language

eng

Summary

"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"--

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Provided by publisher

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

972.9106/4

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Intended audience

• Ages 10-14
• Grades 7-9

Intended audience source

• Roaring Brook Press
• Roaring Brook Press

LC call number

E841

LC item number

.S54 2021

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Target audience

juvenile