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02819aam a2200421 i 4500 001 6C201A82BC2911EAAC3CDF0297128E48 003 SILO 005 20200702010020 008 190911s2020 mduab b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2019040952 020 $a 1682474933 020 $a 9781682474938 035 $a (OCoLC)1111646448 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d OVV $d YDX $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a UG1312 I2 B38 2020 100 1 $a Bath, David W., $d 1966- $e author. 245 10 $a Assured destruction : $b building the ballistic missile culture of the U.S. Air Force / $c David W. Bath. 246 30 $a Building the ballistic missile culture of the U.S. Air Force 264 1 $a Annapolis, MD : $b Naval Institute Press, $c [2020] 300 $a xii, 238 pages ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a Transforming war 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Introduction and Historiography -- The Atomic Bomb -- Creating a Working Missile -- Race to the Finish -- Making the Missile Operational -- An International Crisis Foments Change -- Freefall. 520 $a "Assured Destruction: Building the Ballistic Missile Culture of the U.S. Air Force documents the rapid development of nuclear ballistic missiles in the United States and their equally swift demise after the Cuban Missile Crisis, revealing how these drastic changes negatively influenced both the Air Force and the missile community. The book contends that the creation of nuclear ballistic missiles threatened both the dominance of the United States during an intensifying Cold War and the strategic airpower mission of the newly created Air Force. The response to these threats led to political infighting and interservice squabbles to control the new weapon before the Soviets could build their own version and annihilate the United States. This highly politicized and hurried process prevented the successful long-term operational integration of ballistic missiles into the U.S. Air Force."-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Intercontinental ballistic missiles $z United States $x History. 650 0 $a Intercontinental ballistic missiles $z United States $x Historiography. 610 10 $a United States. $b Air Force $x History. $x History. 650 0 $a Strategic forces $z United States $x History. 650 0 $a Nuclear weapons $z United States $x History. 610 17 $a United States. $b Air Force $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00538280 776 08 $i Online version: $a Bath, David W., 1966- $t Assured destruction $d Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, [2020] $z 9781682475133 $w (DLC) 2019040953 830 0 $a Transforming war 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20200806025451.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=6C201A82BC2911EAAC3CDF0297128E48 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search