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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821022903321

Autore

Dienesch Robert M.

Titolo

Eyeing the red storm : eisenhower and the first attempt to build a spy satellite / / Robert M. Dienesch

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lincoln, Nebraska : , : University of Nebraska Press, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

0-8032-8677-5

0-8032-8675-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (296 p.)

Disciplina

358/.88

Soggetti

Space surveillance - United States - History - 20th century

Artificial satellites - United States - History - 20th century

Astronautics, Military - United States - History - 20th century

Military surveillance - United States - History - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: WS-117l: filling in the gap -- List of abbreviations -- Eisenhower's delicate balance -- Truman and Eisenhower on the Cold War (1945-55) -- Eisenhower and defense: three challenges, three responses (1953-56) -- Eisenhower and satellite reconnaissance: three projects (1954-58) -- WS-117l -- Origins: rand and satellite reconnaissance (1945-54) -- WS-117l: two stages (1954-57) -- Satellite photography, film return, and the birth of Corona (1957-58) -- Sentry/Samos, MiDAS, and the dissolution of WS-117l (1958-60) -- Epilogue: ws-117l in perspective -- Appendix: Historiography of Eisenhower and space reconnaissance.