US Strategic and Defensive Missile Systems 1950-2004

Mark Berhow

ISBN 10: 1841768383 / ISBN 13: 9781841768380

Published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, GB, 2005

About this Item

In the 40 years that followed the end of World War II, the Western democratic governments and the Eastern Bloc Communist powers were locked in the Cold War. The United States and the Soviet Union led the way in the development of missile systems designed to play both a defensive role and a potential offensive role, which was parlayed to the public as deterrent against attack by the rival bloc. This book provides a detailed overview of the fixed-launch-site strategic missile systems of the United States, documenting the importance of technological progress during this period for posterity.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: US Strategic and Defensive Missile Systems 1950-2004
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, GB
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1841768383
• ISBN 13: 9781841768380
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Taylor, Chris
• Condition: New
• Weight: 242 grams

About this title

Synopsis

For 40 years following the end of World War II, the Western democratic governments and the Eastern Bloc Communist powers were locked in the ideological, political, and economic struggle of the Cold War. The United States and the Soviet Union developed missile systems capable of delivering conventional and nuclear explosives against enemy massed bomber formations in the air, and of delivering retaliatory nuclear payloads against ground targets located on distant continents. The missile systems played both a defensive role, and a potential offensive role, which was parlayed to the public as deterrence against attack by the rival bloc. This title provides a detailed overview of the fixed-launch-site strategic missile systems of the United States.

About the Author

Mark A. Berhow has long had an interest in the history of American coastal and continental air defenses. He was worked at the Fort MacArthur Museum, and Nike missile post in Los Angeles for 10 years, and is a past chairman of the Coast Defense Study Group (CDSG).