An anxious peace : a Cold War memoir /

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By any measure, Hans Mark was a warrior of the Cold War. Born in Mannheim, Germany, in 1929, he spent his early childhood in Vienna before escaping the Nazi Anschluss in 1938 and eventually emigrating to the United States, settling in New York. He graduated from high school in 1947, went west to att...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mark, Hans, 1929-2021 (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: College Station : Texas A & M University Press, [2019]
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Williams-Ford Texas A&M University military history series ; no. 161.
Temas:
Mark, Hans, > 1929-2021.
Mark, Hans, > 1929-2021
United States. > National Aeronautics and Space Administration > Officials and employees > Biography.
United States. > National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
1900-1999
Aerospace engineers > United States > Biography.
Cold War > Biography.
Aeronautics, Military > United States > History > 20th century.
Ingénieurs en aérospatiale > États-Unis > Biographies.
Guerre froide > Biographies.
Aéronautique militaire > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > General.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Engineering (General)
Aeronautics, Military.
Aerospace engineers.
Employees.
United States.
Electronic books.
Autobiography
Biography
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Early years, escape from Europe, and the end of World War II
  • The beginning of the Cold War, nuclear weapons, and graduate school at MIT
  • Edward Teller, the nuclear weapons laboratory at Livermore, and Cold War crises
  • The University of California, the Middle Eastern wars, and the war in Vietnam
  • 1967 and 1968: years of changes, setbacks, and decisions
  • The NASA-Ames Research Center and the Cold War
  • Nelson Rockefeller, the end of the war in Vietnam, and the proliferation of nuclear weapons
  • The National Reconnaissance Office and the US Air Force
  • Long-range bombers, missiles, and a space command for the Air Force
  • Other duties as assigned and the election of Ronald Reagan
  • The interregnum and the return to NASA
  • The space shuttle, air force bombers, and a long-range plan for NASA
  • Spacelab, Columbia, and fundamental changes in Cold War policy
  • Defense against ballistic missiles and two important firsts in spaceflight
  • The space station, the president, and leaving Washington
  • The loss of Challenger, crucial summit meetings, and defense-related research at the University of Texas
  • The reunification of Germany and the collapse of the Soviet Union
  • Encore in Washington.

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