Cold War Kansas (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781467146630)

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. McConnell Air Force Base operated eighteen Titan II ICBMs. A Kansas State University engineering professor converted a discarded Union Pacific Railroad water tank into his family's backyard fallout shelter. A United States president from Kansas faced several nuclear war scares as the Cold War moved into the thermonuclear age. Landry Brewer tells the fascinating story of highest-level national strategy and how everyday Kansans lived with threats to their way of life.

Author: Landry Brewer
ISBN-10: 1467146633
ISBN-13: 9781467146630
Publisher: History Press
Language: English
Published: 08/24/2020
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.40d