Eyeing the red storm : eisenhower and the first attempt to build a spy satellite / / Robert M. Dienesch
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Dienesch Robert M.
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| Titolo: |
Eyeing the red storm : eisenhower and the first attempt to build a spy satellite / / Robert M. Dienesch
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| Pubblicazione: | Lincoln, Nebraska : , : University of Nebraska Press, , 2016 |
| ©2016 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (296 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 358/.88 |
| Soggetto topico: | 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 | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Eyeing the red storm |
| ISBN: | 0-8032-8677-5 |
| 0-8032-8675-9 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910466306403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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