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Eyeing the red storm : Eisenhower and the first attempt to build a spy satellite / Robert M. Dienesch.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dienesch, Robert M., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Space surveillance--United States--History--20th century.
- Space surveillance.
- Artificial satellites--United States--History--20th century.
- Artificial satellites.
- Astronautics, Military--United States--History--20th century.
- Astronautics, Military.
- Military surveillance--United States--History--20th century.
- Military surveillance.
- Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969.
- Eisenhower, Dwight D.
- Cold War--History.
- Cold War.
- History.
- United States.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 279 pages ; 24 cm
- Other Title:
- Eisenhower and the first attempt to build a spy satellite
- Place of Publication:
- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2016]
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780803255722
- 0803255721
- OCLC:
- 914417780
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