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An anxious peace : a Cold War memoir / Hans Mark.
Van Pelt Library TL789.85.M32 A3 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mark, Hans, 1929-2021, author.
- Series:
- Williams-Ford Texas A&M University military history series ; no. 162.
- Williams-Ford Texas A&M University military history series ; number 162
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mark, Hans, 1929-2021.
- Mark, Hans.
- United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration--Officials and employees--Biography.
- United States.
- United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- Aerospace engineers--United States--Biography.
- Aerospace engineers.
- Aeronautics, Military.
- History.
- Cold War--Biography.
- Cold War.
- Aeronautics, Military--United States--History--20th century.
- Employees.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 676 pages ; 27 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2019]
- Contents:
- Early years, escape from Europe, and the end of World War II
- The beginning of the Cold War, nuclear weapons, and graduate school at MIT
- Edward Teller, the nuclear weapons laboratory at Livermore, and Cold War crises
- The University of California, the Middle Eastern wars, and the war in Vietnam
- 1967 and 1968: years of changes, setbacks, and decisions
- The NASA-Ames Research Center and the Cold War
- Nelson Rockefeller, the end of the war in Vietnam, and the proliferation of nuclear weapons
- The National Reconnaissance Office and the US Air Force
- Long-range bombers, missiles, and a space command for the Air Force
- Other duties as assigned and the election of Ronald Reagan
- The interregnum and the return to NASA
- The space shuttle, air force bombers, and a long-range plan for NASA
- Spacelab, Columbia, and fundamental changes in Cold War policy
- Defense against ballistic missiles and two important firsts in spaceflight
- The space station, the president, and leaving Washington
- The loss of Challenger, crucial summit meetings, and defense-related research at the University of Texas
- The reunification of Germany and the collapse of the Soviet Union
- Encore in Washington.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 9781623497279
- 1623497272
- OCLC:
- 1057731940
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