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An anxious peace : a Cold War memoir
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An anxious peace : a Cold War memoir / Hans Mark.
ISBN
9781623497279
1623497272
9781623497286
Edition
First edition.
Publication
College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2019]
Physical Description
viii, 676 pages ; 27 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Format
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 30, 2019
Series
Williams-Ford Texas A&M University military history series ; number 162
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.
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