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020 $a9781421426037$q(hardcover ;$qalkaline paper)
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050 00 $aUG1312.I2$bG35 2018
082 00 $a358.1/7182097309045$223
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100 1 $aGainor, Chris,$eauthor.
245 14 $aThe bomb and America's missile age /$cChristopher Gainor.
264 1 $aBaltimore :$bJohns Hopkins University Press,$c[2018]
264 4 $c©2018
300 $axii, 228 pages :$billustrations, portraits ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
386 $mGender group:$ngdr$aMen$2lcdgt
386 $mNationality/regional group:$nnat$aCanadians$2lcdgt
386 $mOccupational/field of activity group:$nocc$aHistorians$2lcdgt
490 1 $aThe Johns Hopkins University studies on historical and political science ;$v133rd series (2018), 2
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [205]-217) and index.
505 00 $tWeapons of the future --$tThe bomb and the military in the postwar world --$tMissiles in the postwar years --$tTentative steps on rockets --$tMissiles in question --$tTruman moves on missiles --$tThe revival of ballistic missiles --$tICBMs get the go-ahead --$tDeploying ICBMs --$tThe space race.
520 $a"The intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) carrying thermonuclear weapons was the central weapons system of the Cold War. Today ICBMs remain on alert in various parts of the world. The first ICBMs deployed by the Cold War superpowers in the 1950s also went on to carry the first astronauts and cosmonauts into orbit. They therefore played a crucial part in humanity's first reach into space. Guiding Missiles looks at the background of the decision to build America's first ICBM, the Atlas. This decision, made in March 1954 by officials in the United States Air Force, was criticized for being tardy and for being a major cause of America's embarrassment when the Soviets successfully put Sputnik into orbit in 1957. Guiding Missiles will be the first book to set this decision in its true context, not only in the America of the postwar years but also in comparison to the real story of Soviet missiles that emerged after the end of the Cold War. This book stresses the importance of developments in nuclear weapons, especially the thermonuclear bomb, in driving missile and space technology in the 1950s."--Provided by publisher.
650 0 $aIntercontinental ballistic missiles$zUnited States$xHistory.
650 0 $aAtlas (Missile)$xHistory.
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650 7 $aIntercontinental ballistic missiles.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00976058
651 7 $aUnited States.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01204155
655 7 $aHistory.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01411628
830 0 $aJohns Hopkins University studies in historical and political science ;$v133rd ser., 2.
852 00 $bglx$hUG1312.I2$iG35 2018