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UNINA9910138159003321 |
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Aerospace technologies advancements |
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IntechOpen, 2010 |
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SL : , : IntechOpen, , 2010 |
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©2010 |
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1 online resource (518 pages) |
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Monografia |
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Space technology has become increasingly important after the great development and rapid progress in information and communication technology as well as the technology of space exploration. This book deals with the latest and most prominent research in space technology. The first part of the book (first six chapters) deals with the algorithms and software used in information processing, communications and control of spacecrafts. The second part (chapters 7 to 10) deals with the latest research on the space structures. The third part (chapters 11 to 14) deals with some of the latest applications in space. The fourth part (chapters 15 and 16) deals with small satellite technologies. The fifth part (chapters 17 to 20) deals with some of the latest applications in the field of aircrafts. The sixth part (chapters 21 to 25) outlines some recent research efforts in different subjects. |
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UNINA9910791930803321 |
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Autore |
Wiener Jon |
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How we forgot the Cold War [[electronic resource] ] : a historical journey across America / / Jon Wiener |
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2012 |
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1-283-00302-3 |
9786613823212 |
0-520-95425-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (385 p.) |
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Politics and culture - United States - History - 20th century |
Cold War - Historiography |
Cold War - Social aspects - United States |
Collective memory - United States |
World politics - 1945-1989 |
Conservatism - United States - History - 20th century |
United States Intellectual life 20th century |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Front matter -- CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction: Forgetting the Cold War -- PART ONE. THE END -- PART TWO. THE BEGINNING: 1946-1949 -- PART THREE. THE 1950's -- PART FOUR: THE 1960's AND AFTER -- PART FIVE. ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES -- Conclusion: History, Memory, and the Cold War -- Epilogue: From the Cold War to the War in Iraq -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index |
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Hours after the USSR collapsed in 1991, Congress began making plans to establish the official memory of the Cold War. Conservatives dominated the proceedings, spending millions to portray the conflict as a triumph of good over evil and a defeat of totalitarianism equal in significance to World War II. In this provocative book, historian Jon Wiener visits Cold War monuments, museums, and memorials across the United States to find out how the era is being remembered. The author's journey provides a history of the Cold War, one that turns |
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many conventional notions on their heads. In an engaging travelogue that takes readers to sites such as the life-size recreation of Berlin's "Checkpoint Charlie" at the Reagan Library, the fallout shelter display at the Smithsonian, and exhibits about "Sgt. Elvis," America's most famous Cold War veteran, Wiener discovers that the Cold War isn't being remembered. It's being forgotten. Despite an immense effort, the conservatives' monuments weren't built, their historic sites have few visitors, and many of their museums have now shifted focus to other topics. Proponents of the notion of a heroic "Cold War victory" failed; the public didn't buy the official story. Lively, readable, and well-informed, this book expands current discussions about memory and history, and raises intriguing questions about popular skepticism toward official ideology. |
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