Cold War Kansas /

Brinksmanship in the Sunflower State. Kansas played an outsized role in the Cold War, when civilization's survival hung in the balance. Forbes Air Force Base operated nine Atlas E intercontinental ballistic missile launch sites. Schilling Air Force Base was the hub for twelve Atlas F ICBMs. McC...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Brewer, Landry (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Charleston, S.C. : History Press, 2020.
Subjects:	Cold War. Intercontinental ballistic missiles > Kansas > History. Kansas > History > 20th century. Kansas > History, Military > 20th century.

Table of Contents:

Foreword, by Mark Parillo
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Cold War origins
Kansas missiles
After the obsolescence
Sunflower State Civil Defense
Dwight Eisenhower: Cold War President
Kansas military installations
THE DAY AFTER
Cold War legacy
Notes
About the author.