Continental Defense in the Eisenhower Era: Nuclear Antiaircraft Arms and the Cold War

by Christopher J. Bright

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230623409
• ISBN13: 9780230623408
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.3"