Robert M. Dienesch

Eyeing the Red Storm

Eisenhower and the First Attempt to Build a Spy Satellite

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Nebraska Press
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 164mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 588g
• ISBN-13: 9780803255722
• ISBN-10: 0803255721
• Artikelnr.: 43551208

Autorenporträt

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.  

Inhaltsangabe

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