02136nam 2200505 450 991079422130332120220619202326.01-68247-513-1(CKB)4100000011624751EBL5995553(AU-PeEL)EBL5995553(MiAaPQ)EBC5995553(EXLCZ)99410000001162475120220619d2020 uy 0badur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAssured destruction building the ballistic missile culture of the U.S. Air Force /David W. BathAnnapolis, Maryland :Naval Institute Press,[2020]©20201 online resource (256 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-68247-493-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction and Historiography -- The Atomic Bomb -- Creating a Working Missile -- Race to the Finish -- Making the Missile Operational -- An International Crisis Foments Change -- Freefall.This book 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 Air Force and the missile community.Intercontinental ballistic missilesUnited StatesHistoryIntercontinental ballistic missilesUnited StatesHistoriographyStrategic forcesUnited StatesHistoryNuclear weaponsUnited StatesHistoryIntercontinental ballistic missilesHistory.Intercontinental ballistic missilesHistoriography.Strategic forcesHistory.Nuclear weaponsHistory.358.1754820973Bath David W.1966-1519915MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910794221303321Assured destruction3758277UNINA