US Strategic and Defensive Missile Systems 1950?2004

Mark Berhow

ISBN 10: 1841768383 / ISBN 13: 9781841768380

Published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2005

About this Item

Illustrator(s): Taylor, Chris. Series: Fortress. Num Pages: 64 pages, 54ill.(16col.). BIC Classification: AM; HB; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 185 x 5. Weight in Grams: 214. . 2005. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Seller Inventory # V9781841768380

Bibliographic Details

• Title: US Strategic and Defensive Missile Systems 1950?2004
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1841768383
• ISBN 13: 9781841768380
• Binding: Soft cover
• Illustrator: Taylor, Chris
• Condition: New

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 Authors

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).

Chris Taylor attended art college in his home town, then graduated from Bournemouth University with a degree in computer graphics. He currently works as a freelance illustrator for various publishing companies.