Cold War California /
The focal point of western defense against Soviet aggression during the Cold War, California proved instrumental in preventing a Third World War during the twentieth century. The state's major military presence on land, air, and sea diverged with a peaceful counterpart that created the United N...
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Charleston, SC :
The History Press,
2026.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- The American Relief Administration in Russia
- Hollywood: Cold War influence and the red scare
- Richard Nixon
- Cold War secrecy and espionage
- Project Nike in California
- Francis Gary Powers and the U-2 incident
- Sputnik, the space race, and California
- Howard Hughes and the Glomar Explorer
- United Nations beginnings in San Francisco
- Missile development and launches
- California's satellite program
- Harnessing nuclear energy in the Golden State
- Ronald Reagan: Cold War triumph
- California's Cold War military bases.