{"product_id":"titan-ii-david-stumpf-9781557286017","title":"Titan II: A History of a Cold War Missile Program","description":"The Titan II ICBM (intercontinental ballistic missile) program was developed by the United States military to bolster the size, strength, and speed of the nation's strategic weapons arsenal in the 1950s and 1960s. Each missile carried a single warhead--the largest in U.S. inventory--used liquid fuel propellants, and was stored and launched from hardened underground silos. The missiles were deployed at basing facilities in Arkansas, Arizona, and Kansas and remained in active service for over twenty years. Since military deactivation in the early 1980s, the Titan II has served as a reliable satellite launch vehicle. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This is the richly detailed story of the \u003ci\u003eTitan II\u003c\/i\u003e missile and the men and women who developed and operated the system. David K. Stumpf uses a wide range of sources, drawing upon interviews with and memoirs by engineers and airmen as well as recently declassified government documents and other public materials. Over 170 drawings and photographs, most of which have never been published, enhance the narrative. The three major accidents of the program are described in detail for the first time using authoritative sources. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eTitan II\u003c\/i\u003e will be welcomed by librarians for its prodigious reference detail, by technology history professionals and laymen, and by the many civilian and Air Force personnel who were involved in the program--a deterrent weapons system that proved to be successful in defending America from nuclear attack.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David K. Stumpf\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1557286019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781557286017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Arkansas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.11lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.36h x 7.37w x 1.29d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eScitech Book News\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2000 pg. 151\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2001 pg. 142","brand":"David K. Stumpf","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43986957500671,"sku":"9781557286017","price":49.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9440b637-b564-4b9f-8fac-a73957376ace.jpg?v=1683286160","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/titan-ii-david-stumpf-9781557286017","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}