Title Assured destruction : building the ballistic missile culture of the U.S. Air Force / David W. Bath.

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Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, [2020]

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Description	1 online resource.
	text file
Series	Transforming war
	Transforming war.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Introduction and Historiography -- The Atomic Bomb -- Creating a Working Missile -- Race to the Finish -- Making the Missile Operational -- An International Crisis Foments Change -- Freefall.
Summary	"Assured Destruction: Building the Ballistic Missile Culture of the U.S. Air Force documents the rapid development of nuclear ballistic missiles in the United States and their equally swift demise after the Cuban Missile Crisis, revealing how these drastic changes negatively influenced both the Air Force and the missile community. The book contends that the creation of nuclear ballistic missiles threatened both the dominance of the United States during an intensifying Cold War and the strategic airpower mission of the newly created Air Force. The response to these threats led to political infighting and interservice squabbles to control the new weapon before the Soviets could build their own version and annihilate the United States. This highly politicized and hurried process prevented the successful long-term operational integration of ballistic missiles into the U.S. Air Force."-- Provided by publisher.
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Subject	United States. Air Force -- Weapons systems -- History.
	United States. Air Force.
	Weapons systems.
	History.
	Intercontinental ballistic missiles -- United States -- History.
	Intercontinental ballistic missiles.
	United States.
	Intercontinental ballistic missiles -- United States -- Historiography.
	Historiography.
	Strategic forces -- United States -- History.
	Strategic forces.
	Nuclear weapons -- United States -- History.
	Nuclear weapons.
	Armed Forces -- Weapons systems.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	History.
Added Title	Building the ballistic missile culture of the U.S. Air Force
Other Form:	Print version: Bath, David W., 1966- Assured destruction Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, [2020] 9781682474938 (DLC) 2019040952
ISBN	9781682475133 (epub)
	1682475131
	9781682475133 (pdf)
	9781682474938 (hardcover)

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