02161cam a2200361 i 4500 2400476950 TxAuBib 20211105120000.0 210601s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2021019729 9781250149015 HRD 19.99 1250149010 HRD 19.99 TxAuBib rda Sheinkin, Steve. Fallout [BOOK] : spies, superbombs, and the ultimate Cold War showdown / Steve Sheinkin. First edition. New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2021. 342 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier sti rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-332) and index. 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. Ages 10-14 Roaring Brook Press. Grades 7-9 Roaring Brook Press. 20211105. Cold War Young adult literature. Soviet Union Foreign relations United States Young adult literature. United States Foreign relations Soviet Union Young adult literature.