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100 1 _aSheinkin, Steve,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aFallout :
_bspies, superbombs, and the ultimate Cold War showdown /
_cSteve Sheinkin.
246 3 0 _aSpies, superbombs, and the ultimate Cold War showdown
250 _aFirst edition.
300 _a342 pages :
_billustrations, map ;
_c24 cm
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references pages (323-332) and index.
505 0 _aPrologue: 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.
520 _a"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"--
521 1 _aAges 10-14
_bRoaring Brook Press.
521 2 _aGrade Level: 5-9.
521 8 _a890L Lexile.
526 0 _aAccelerated Reader AR
_bMG+
_c6.6
_d11.0
_zAccelerated Reader Quiz #513373.
650 0 _aCold War
_vJuvenile literature.
650 0 _aCuban Missile Crisis, 1962
_vJuvenile literature.
650 0 _aEspionage, American
_zSoviet Union
_xHistory
_y20th century
_vJuvenile literature.
650 0 _aEspionage, Soviet
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y20th century
_vJuvenile literature.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xForeign relations
_zSoviet Union
_vJuvenile literature.
651 0 _aSoviet Union
_xForeign relations
_zUnited States
_vJuvenile literature.
655 7 _aJuvenile works.
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655 7 _aInformational works.
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