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Eyeing the red storm Eisenhower and the first attempt to build a spy satellite
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Eyeing the red storm [electronic resource] : Eisenhower and the first attempt to build a spy satellite / Robert M. Dienesch.
ISBN
0803286775
9780803286771
9780803255722 (cloth : alk. paper)
Published
Lincoln, NB : University of Nebraska Press, [2016] (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)
Physical Description
1 online resource (pages cm)
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Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 03, 2016
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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