Eyeing the red storm : Eisenhower and the first attempt to build a spy satellite / Robert M. Dienesch.
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TextPublisher: Lincoln, NB : University of Nebraska Press, [2016]Copyright date: �2016Description: 1 online resourceContent type: - text
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- 9780803286757
- 0803286759
- 9780803286771
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- Eisenhower and the first attempt to build a spy satellite
- Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969
- Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969
- Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969
- Space surveillance -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Artificial satellites -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Astronautics, Military -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Military surveillance -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Cold War -- History
- TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science
- HISTORY -- Military -- Aviation
- Artificial satellites
- Astronautics, Military
- Military surveillance
- Space surveillance
- United States
- Cold War (1945-1989)
- 1900-1999
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- UG1523 .D54 2016eb
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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