Assured destruction : building the ballistic missile culture of the U.S. Air Force /

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"Assured Destruction: Building the Ballistic Missile Culture of the U.S. Air Force documents the rapid development of nuclear ballistic missiles in the United States and their equally swift demise after the Cuban Missile Crisis, revealing how these drastic changes negatively influenced both the...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Bath, David W., 1966- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, [2020]
Series:Transforming war
Subjects:
United States. > Air Force > Weapons systems > History.
United States. > Air Force
Intercontinental ballistic missiles > United States > History.
Intercontinental ballistic missiles > United States > Historiography.
Strategic forces > United States > History.
Nuclear weapons > United States > History.
Missiles balistiques intercontinentaux > États-Unis > Histoire.
Missiles balistiques intercontinentaux > États-Unis > Historiographie.
Forces stratégiques > États-Unis > Histoire.
Armed Forces > Weapons systems
Intercontinental ballistic missiles
Nuclear weapons
Strategic forces
United States
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction and Historiography
  • The Atomic Bomb
  • Creating a Working Missile
  • Race to the Finish
  • Making the Missile Operational
  • An International Crisis Foments Change
  • Freefall.

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