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An Anxious Peace : A Cold War Memoir /
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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College Station :
Texas A & M University Press,
[2019]
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| Edición: | First edition. |
| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| 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.