Vorab-Rezensenten

Stalin has just been murdered and Eisenhower has been elected...

He is faced with the continuing war in Korea and CIA reports that the Soviet's are planning a major offensive in Western Europe. We go through National Security Council Meetings and the development of the U-2. Khrushchev continues to boast about Soviet bombers, armor. Ike counters with a massive retaliation doctrine. Sputnik and Gaither report send the US into a frenzy that compel Eisenhower to continue U-2 flights despite Soviet efforts to shoot down the U-2s. Eisenhower creates several scientific panels that make heavy contributions to missile and bomber development.

Book II ends as the Soviets shoot down Powers on May 1,1960 and Ike is berated by Khrushchev at the Paris peace conference.