A Fiery Peace in a Cold War, (Paperback)

from nmele

Neal Sheehan ties the history of the Cold War to his biography of the Air Force officer in charge of developing the ICBM. As biography, it didn't really work for me but as history, this is a great survey of the Cold War, its causes and consequences. I especially like his focus on the politics of ...

from Wheatland

To some extent the book's title is misleading. While Bernard Schriever features prominently in the book, his life is not quite the same organizing role for the history being told, as was the case in Sheehan's Bright Shining Lie. That having been said, the writing is of high quality and the histor...

from RandyStafford

Sheehan started out to write a history of the Cold War and its attendant arms race and then came across the story of Bernard Schriever, a man largely forgotten though he arguably played as large a role in space development - manned and unmanned, military and civilian - as many more celebrated fig...

from nbmars

Military men seldom become famous except through their exploits in war. However, perhaps the most important military "event" of the twentieth century was the one that didn't happen-the nuclear war between the United States and the Soviet Union. Much has been written about the statesmen and politi...

from darwin.8u

Like 'A Bright Shining Lie' before it, Sheehan is able to capture and explore the nuances of 'political' wars by exploring the biography of one who fought. His skills as a journalist and biographer allow Sheehan to draft some of the finest war histories of the 20th century.