The Bomb and the Beginnings of America's Missile Age |
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Author:
| Gainor, Christopher |
Series title: | The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-1-4214-2603-7 |
Publication Date: | Oct 2018 |
Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $52.00 |
Book Description:
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The intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), designed to quickly deliver thermonuclear weapons to distant targets, was the central weapons system of the Cold War. ICBMs also carried the first astronauts and cosmonauts into orbit. More than a generation later, we are still living with the political, technological, and scientific effects of the ......
The intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), designed to quickly deliver thermonuclear weapons to distant targets, was the central weapons system of the Cold War. ICBMs also carried the first astronauts and cosmonauts into orbit. More than a generation later, we are still living with the political, technological, and scientific effects of the ......