You might also like

More about Continental Defense in the Eisenhower Era

• Book details
• Synopsis
• Trending among others

You get 154 loyalty points

Book synopsis

Thousands of nuclear antiaircraft arms were designed, tested and deployed in the United States during Dwight D. Eisenhower's presidency. These Army "Nike-Hercules" missiles, Air Force "Genie" rockets, and "BOMARC" and "Falcon" missiles were meant to counter a raid by attacking Soviet bombers. U.S. policy makers believed that the American weapons could safely compensate for technological limitations which otherwise made it difficult to destroy high flying, fast moving airplanes. Continental Defense in the Eisenhower Era traces this armament from conception through deployment. Bright recounts official actions, doctrinal decisions, and public policies. It also discusses the widespread acceptance of these weapons by the American public, a result of being touted in news releases, featured in films and television episodes, and disseminated throughout society as a whole.

Book details

Book category Books in English Humanities History History: earliest times to present day

• Full title: Continental Defense in the Eisenhower Era
• Subtitle: Nuclear Antiaircraft Arms and the Cold War
• Author: Christopher J. Bright
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 280
• EAN: 9780230623408
• ISBN: 0230623409
• ID: 04556228
• Publisher: PALGRAVE MACMILLAN
• Weight: 432 g
• Dimensions: 217 × 139 × 19 mm
• Date of publishing: 18. October 2010

Trending among others

---

---

---