Cold War Texas
-75%
Availability: In Stock

Cold War Texas

SKU: 9781439675786

Original price was: $17.99.Current price is: $4.50.

Access Cold War Texas Now. Discount up to 90%

Categories: ,

Additional information

Full Title

Cold War Texas
Author(s)

Landry Brewer
Edition
ISBN

9781439675786, 9781467152471
Publisher

The History Press (ORIM)
Format

PDF and EPUB

Description

From missile launch sites to Soviet espionage, experience the Cold War deep in the heart of Texas. In an era when miscalculation or a mistake could lead to global annihilation, Texas operated 12 Atlas F intercontinental ballistic missile launch sites near Abilene’s Dyess Air Force Base. Nuclear-capable Nike Hercules surface-to-air antiaircraft missiles protected Austin and the Metroplex from a Soviet bomber attack. An American pilot stationed at Laughlin Air Force Base near Del Rio was the only fatality of the Cuban Missile Crisis. After he was accused of spying for the Soviet Union, former Ranger College professor Maurice Halperin fled the country. Amarillo’s Pantex plant, where three employees died in a 1977 explosion, maintains the security and reliability of the nation’s nuclear weapons arsenal. Landry Brewer explores how the Lone Star State shaped American Cold War policy.

Related products