Eyeing the red storm
Subtitle: Eisenhower and the first attempt to build a spy satellite
By: Robert M. Dienesch
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 279
ISBN-13: 9780803255722
Subjects: Military surveillance; History; Cold War; Artificial satellites; Military Astronautics; Space surveillance
Other titles: Eisenhower and the first attempt to build a spy satellite
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-270) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: WS-117l: filling in the gap; title: List of abbreviations; title: Eisenhower's delicate balance; title: Truman and Eisenhower on the Cold War (1945-55); title: Eisenhower and defense: three challenges, three responses (1953-56); title: Eisenhower and satellite reconnaissance: three projects (1954-58); title: WS-117l; title: Origins: rand and satellite reconnaissance (1945-54); title: WS-117l: two stages (1954-57); title: Satellite photography, film return, and the birth of Corona (1957-58); title: Sentry/Samos, MiDAS, and the dissolution of WS-117l (1958-60); title: Epilogue: ws-117l in perspective; title: Appendix: Historiography of Eisenhower and space reconnaissance.