From Polaris to Trident: The Development of US Fleet Ballistic Missile Technology (Cambridge Studies in International Relations, Series Number 30)

Spinardi, Graham

ISBN 10: 0521413575 / ISBN 13: 9780521413572

Editore: Cambridge University Press, 1994

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larger 8vo cloth pp ix+253 bw diagrams notes index F-/VG+ US naval ballistic missile development from captured German V-2 technology to later 1980s Trident. [ Extra signed postage overseas. ].

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• Titolo: From Polaris to Trident: The Development of US Fleet Ballistic Missile Technology (Cambridge Studies in International Relations, Series Number 30)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1994
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0521413575
• ISBN 13: 9780521413572
• Rilegatura: Hardcover
• Edizione: 1st Edition
• Condizione: Near Fine
• Condizione della sovraccoperta: Very Good

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Riassunto

This book provides an historical account of one of the key weapons developments of the nuclear age.

Recensione

'... it is an intriguing account of the political background, aims and technology of the fleet ballistic missile system ... [It] is clear and anyone interested in ballistic missile politics and technology will find it fascinating.' Journal of Naval Engineering

'It is quite simply, the most carefully researched, scholarly and objective account I have read on the FBM program.' Rear Admiral Robert H. Wertheim

'Since World War II the western world has become adept at designing and managing extremely large and complex technological projects that greatly influence the course of contemporary history. Graham Spinardi's history of the Fleet Ballistic Missile Project provides a pioneering, detailed and engaging history of creativity massively organized.' Tom Hughes, University of Pennsylvania