Fallout : spies, superbombs, and the ultimate Cold War showdown / Steve Sheinkin.
2021
YA E841 .S54 2021 (Mapit)
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Title
Fallout : spies, superbombs, and the ultimate Cold War showdown / Steve Sheinkin.
Author
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9781250149015 (hardcover)
1250149010 (hardcover)
9780800012571 (Perma-Bound)
0800012577 (Perma-Bound)
1250149010 (hardcover)
9780800012571 (Perma-Bound)
0800012577 (Perma-Bound)
Published
New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2021.
Copyright
©2021
Language
English
Description
342 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Call Number
YA E841 .S54 2021
Dewey Decimal Classification
972.9106/4
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
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references pages (323-332) and index.
Audience
Ages 10-14 Roaring Brook Press.
Grades 7-9 Roaring Brook Press.
Grades 7-9 Roaring Brook Press.
Awards
Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honor, 2022
NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children Honor, 2022
NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children Honor, 2022
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Table of Contents
Prologue: The paperboy
Part 1: Two hollow coins. Cold warrior
Hollow coin #1
The super
The long game
The worst spy
The turtle and the dragon
Early warning
Secret world
We will bury you
Man or monster?
Hollow coin #2
Zugzwang
Alive and kicking
Center stage
Little boy blue
Part 2: The hedgehog and the pants. Origin story
First pitch
The countdown
Over America
The Bay of Pigs
The headless spy
Light the candle
Vienna
Time to start
The Berlin Wall
Human race
Out of the East
The decision
Part 3: Eyeball to eyeball. Grave issues
Special weapons
Milk run
Bullfighter
Pretty bad fix
Your move
The Cuban missile crisis
If time permits
Blink
Knot of war
Final offer
First shot
Moscow time
Rematch
Epilogue: Choose your own ending.
Part 1: Two hollow coins. Cold warrior
Hollow coin #1
The super
The long game
The worst spy
The turtle and the dragon
Early warning
Secret world
We will bury you
Man or monster?
Hollow coin #2
Zugzwang
Alive and kicking
Center stage
Little boy blue
Part 2: The hedgehog and the pants. Origin story
First pitch
The countdown
Over America
The Bay of Pigs
The headless spy
Light the candle
Vienna
Time to start
The Berlin Wall
Human race
Out of the East
The decision
Part 3: Eyeball to eyeball. Grave issues
Special weapons
Milk run
Bullfighter
Pretty bad fix
Your move
The Cuban missile crisis
If time permits
Blink
Knot of war
Final offer
First shot
Moscow time
Rematch
Epilogue: Choose your own ending.