US Strategic and Defensive Missile Systems 1950-2004
1st Edition
Published on 20. September 2012
64 pages
978-1-78200-436-3 (ISBN)
Description
For 40 years following the end of World War II, the Western democratic governments and the Eastern Bloc Communist powers were locked in the ideological, political, and economic struggle of the Cold War.
The United States and the Soviet Union developed missile systems capable of delivering conventional and nuclear explosives against enemy massed bomber formations in the air, and of delivering retaliatory nuclear payloads against ground targets located on distant continents. The missile systems played both a defensive role, and a potential offensive role, which was parlayed to the public as deterrence against attack by the rival bloc.
This illustrated guide provides a detailed overview of the fixed-launch-site strategic missile systems of the United States.
The United States and the Soviet Union developed missile systems capable of delivering conventional and nuclear explosives against enemy massed bomber formations in the air, and of delivering retaliatory nuclear payloads against ground targets located on distant continents. The missile systems played both a defensive role, and a potential offensive role, which was parlayed to the public as deterrence against attack by the rival bloc.
This illustrated guide provides a detailed overview of the fixed-launch-site strategic missile systems of the United States.
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Illustrations
48 b/w; 16 col
ISBN-13
978-1-78200-436-3 (9781782004363)
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Mark A. Berhow has long had an interest in the history of American missile defense systems. He has written and co-written numerous books, including Rings of Supersonic Steel: Air Defenses of the United States Army 1950-1979. He was worked at the Fort MacArthur Museum and the Nike missile post in Los Angeles for over 10 years, and is a past chairman of the Coast Defense Study Group (CDSG), an organization dedicated to the study of seacoast fortifications in the United States and around the world. Mark lives in Peoria, Illinois.
Chris Taylor was born in Newcastle, UK, but now lives in London. After attending art college, he graduated in 1995 from Bournemouth University with a degree in computer graphics. Since then, he has worked in the graphics industry and is currently a freelance illustrator. He lives in Sussex, UK.
Chris Taylor was born in Newcastle, UK, but now lives in London. After attending art college, he graduated in 1995 from Bournemouth University with a degree in computer graphics. Since then, he has worked in the graphics industry and is currently a freelance illustrator. He lives in Sussex, UK.
