Cold War Illinois. / Christopher Sturdevant.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sturdevant, Christopher, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cold War--Social aspects--United States.

Cold War.

Cold War--Social aspects--Illinois.

Illinois--History--20th century.

Illinois.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (116 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Charleston, South Carolina : History Press, [2020]

Summary:

From Walt Disney and Ronald Reagan to chess matches and Nike missiles, trace the Illinois roots of prominent players in the longest and costliest conflict in American history. Discover a mobster's involvement in assassination attempts of Cuban leader Fidel Castro and how the nuclear age began at a college football field on Chicago's south side. Visit the graves of Communist Party leaders and the high-alert heritage of military bases across the state. Local author Christopher Sturdevant, chairman of the Midwest Chapter of the Cold War Museum, follows up his look into Cold War Wisconsin with its neighbor to the south in a fascinating tale of Illinois's role in the fight between East and West.

Contents:

Introduction: A Cold War Primer

Radicals: Communists Buried at Forest Park Cemetery

Ronald Reagan: Victory Over Communism

Ernest Hemingway: A Cold War Journey

Espionage: A Weapon of the Cold War

Dawn of the Atomic Age: Manhattan Project in Chicago

Nuclear Missiles: Protecting Illinois

Exiles: Fleeing Stalin's Terror

Cold War Chess: Bobby Fischer, an Unlikely Cold Warrior

Photographing Apollo 11: Teenagers Capture the Race to the Moon

The Age of Walt Disney.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

ISBN:

9781439670484

143967048X