To Defend and Deter; The Legacy of the United States Cold War Missile Program

Langue : anglais

Edité par Hole in the Head Press, Bodega Bay, CA, 2014

0976149451 / 9780976149453

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The format is approximately 9.125 inches by 8.75 inches. x, 422 pages. Illustrations. System Profiles. Site Overviews. Appendices (Chronology and Inventory). Glossary. Bibliography. Index. The covers have flaps. Minor cover wear and edge soiling. This is USACERL Special Report 97/01. This is a study sponsored by the Department of Defense Legacy Reserve Management Program Cold War Project. This was reformatted with additional photographs added, and with new illustrations and maps. John Lonnquest was the Chief of the Office of History, Headquarters, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. As a USACE historian, he served as director of the Corps of Engineers’ oral history program, directed its wide-ranging field history program, and led the Corps’ Iraq and Afghan history teams. He is the the editor of A Guide to Source Material on Ballistic Missile Defense and the co-editor of Remembering the Forgotten War: U.S. Army Engineers Officers in Korea. David F. Winker was the executive editor of the publication Pull Together and manages other Navy history-related projects. He also wrote a monthly history column for the Navy League’s journal, Sea Power. He served ten years active duty as a Surface Warfare Officer on logistic force ships and has had reserve duties supporting the CNO’s Policy and Plans Division Office, the Navy IG, and the Naval Historical Center. The Department of Defense’s official history of the United States Cold War missile program—completely reformatted with all-new color illustrations and photographs not used in the original edition. The DoD commissioned this study as part of its Cold War Project in 1996. With permission from the DoD’s Legacy Program, Hole in the Head Press brings To Defend and Deter back into print. This informative guide offers a thorough look at Cold War missile development, from the earliest beginnings of rocketry in the 13th century to the arms control agreements that began in the 1970s. Both a narrative history and reference guide, To Defend and Deter traces the evolution of the Cold War and establishes the United States missile program’s scope and its massive impact on the American landscape, citizens, and structure of the U.S. military establishment. Inside you'll find: Over 400 pages of photographs, illustrations, charts, maps and diagrams; In-depth look at Cold War air defense, including Nike, Atlas, Titan, Minuteman, Jupiter, Thor and Snark missiles; Technical profiles of weapon systems; State-by-state listings of missile facilities and launch sites and an extensive bibliography and full index. First Printing [Stated] thus. This was originally published by the U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories.…

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Titre
To Defend and Deter; The Legacy of the United States Cold War Missile Program
Auteur
Lonnquest, John C. and Winkler, David F.
Éditeur
Hole in the Head Press, Bodega Bay, CA
Année de publication
2014
État de l'article
Very good
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Trade paperback
Langue
anglais
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0976149451
ISBN à 13 chiffres
9780976149453
Illustrateur
Lawrence Ormsby
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Edition originale
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Arms Control, Cold War

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