Examines the birth of space-based reconnaissance not from the perspective of CORONA (the first photo reconnaissancesatellite to fly) but rather from that of the WS-117L. Robert M. Dieneschâ s revised assessment places WS-117L within the larger context of Dwight D. Eisenhowerâ s presidency, focusing on the dynamic between military and civilian leadership.
Examines the birth of space-based reconnaissance not from the perspective of CORONA (the first photo reconnaissancesatellite to fly) but rather from that of the WS-117L. Robert M. Dieneschâ s revised assessment places WS-117L within the larger context of Dwight D. Eisenhowerâ s presidency, focusing on the dynamic between military and civilian leadership.
Robert M. Dienesch is an adjunct assistant professor of history at the University of Windsor, Ontario, and a research affiliate with the Gregg Centre for the Study of War and Society. His work has been published in Quest: The History of Spaceflight and Northern Mariner.
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Acknowledgments Introduction: Filling in the Gap List of Abbreviations Part 1. Eisenhower's Delicate Balance 1. Truman and Eisenhower on the Cold War (1945-55) 2. Eisenhower and Defense: Three Challenges, Three Responses (1953-56) 3. Eisenhower and Satellite Reconnaissance: Three Projects (1954-58) Part 2. WS-117L 4. Origins: RAND and Satellite Reconnaissance (1945-54) 5. WS-117L: Two Stages (1954-57) 6. Satellite Photography, Film Return, and the Birth of CORONA (1957-58) 7. SENTRY/SAMOS, MIDAS, and the Dissolution of WS-117L (1958-60) Epilogue: WS-117L in Perspective Appendix: Historiography of Eisenhower and Space Reconnaissance Notes Bibliography Index
Acknowledgments Introduction: Filling in the Gap List of Abbreviations Part 1. Eisenhower's Delicate Balance 1. Truman and Eisenhower on the Cold War (1945-55) 2. Eisenhower and Defense: Three Challenges, Three Responses (1953-56) 3. Eisenhower and Satellite Reconnaissance: Three Projects (1954-58) Part 2. WS-117L 4. Origins: RAND and Satellite Reconnaissance (1945-54) 5. WS-117L: Two Stages (1954-57) 6. Satellite Photography, Film Return, and the Birth of CORONA (1957-58) 7. SENTRY/SAMOS, MIDAS, and the Dissolution of WS-117L (1958-60) Epilogue: WS-117L in Perspective Appendix: Historiography of Eisenhower and Space Reconnaissance Notes Bibliography Index
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