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Fallout : spies, superbombs, and the ultimate Cold War showdown / Steve Sheinkin.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2021.Edition: 1st edDescription: 342 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781250149015
Other title:
  • Spies, superbombs, and the ultimate Cold War showdown
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 972.9106/4 23
LOC classification:
  • E841 .S54 2021
Awards:
  • Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award/Honors, 2022
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"--Provided by publisher.
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Beverly Middle School 972.9106 SHE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 705750

Includes bibliographical references and index.

School Library Journal starred, September 2021

Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), January 2022

Booklist starred, July 2021

Horn Book Starred, November 2021

Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books starre, September 2021

Pub Weekly, September 2021

New York Times, November 2021

Kirkus Review, July 2021

"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"--Provided by publisher.

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5-8 Follett School Solutions.

Accelerated Reader AR MG+ 6.6 11.0 513373. BR

Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award/Honors, 2022