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

BTSB Prebound(Roaring Brook Press, 2021)

BTSB #: 809545 Available

Dewey: 972.9106/NAges: 10-14   
AR: 6.6 MG+ Lexile: 890

Genres:

Subjects: Cold War Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962 American espionage - Soviet Union - History|y20th century Soviet espionage - United States - History|y20th century United States - Foreign relations - Soviet Union Soviet Union - Foreign relations - United States

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. 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.

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

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2021)

BTSB #: P08883 Available

Dewey: 972.9106/NAges: 10-14   


Genres:

Subjects: Cold War Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962 American espionage - Soviet Union - History|y20th century Soviet espionage - United States - History|y20th century United States - Foreign relations - Soviet Union Soviet Union - Foreign relations - United States

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. 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.