EAN: 9781349384693

PALGRAVE STUDIES IN THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE AND ...

Thousands of nuclear antiaircraft arms were designed  tested and deployed in the United States
during Dwight D. Eisenhower's presidency. These Army Nike-Hercules missiles  Air Force Genie
rockets  and BOMARC and Falcon missiles were meant to counter a raid by attacking Soviet
bombers. U.S. policy makers believed that the American weapons could safely compensate for
technological limitations which otherwise made it difficult to destroy high flying  fast moving
airplanes. Continental Defense in the Eisenhower Era traces this armament from conception
through deployment. Bright recounts official actions  doctrinal decisions  and public policies.
It also discusses the widespread acceptance of these weapons by the American public  a result
of being touted in news releases  featured in films and television episodes  and disseminated
throughout society as a whole.

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