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Eyeing the red storm : Eisenhower and the first attempt to build a spy satellite /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dienesch, Robert M. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2016]
Subjects:
Space surveillance > United States > History > 20th century.
Artificial satellites > United States > History > 20th century.
Astronautics, Military > United States > History > 20th century.
Military surveillance > United States > History > 20th century.
Eisenhower, Dwight D. > (Dwight David), > 1890-1969.
Cold War > History.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: WS-1171: filling in the gap
  • List of abbreviations
  • Eisenhower's delicate balance
  • Truman and Eisenhower on the Cold War (1945-55)
  • Eisenhower and defense: three challenges, three responses (1953-56)
  • Eisenhower and satellite reconnaissance: three projects (1954-58)
  • WS-1171
  • Origins: rand and satellite reconnaissance (1945-54)
  • WS-1171: two stages (1954-57)
  • Satellite photography, film return, and the birth of Corona (1957-58)
  • Sentry/Samos, MiDAS, and the dissolution of WS-1171 (1958-60)
  • Epilogue: WS-1171 in perspective
  • Appendix: Historiography of Eisenhower and space reconnaissance.