Eye in the sky:the story of the Corona spy satellites
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Smithsonian Institution Press,
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Publisher Address: | Washington, D.C. |
Publication Dates: | c1998. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Smithsonian history of aviation series |
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Carrier Form: | xiii, 303 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
ISBN: | 1560988304 (cloth : acid-free paper) |
Index Number: | E712 |
CLC: | E712.416-09 |
Call Number: | E712.416-09/E973 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. Strategic intelligence and U.S. security : the contributions of CORONA / Ernest R. May -- CORONA : a triumph of American technology / Albert D. Wheelon -- The development and improvement of the CORONA satellite / Dwayne A. Day -- Postwar strategic reconnaissance and the genesis of CORONA / R. Cargill Hall -- A strategy for reconnaissance : Dwight D. Eisenhower and freedom of space / Dwayne A. Day -- The national reconnaissance office : its origins, creation, and early years / Gerald Haines -- Zenit : the Soviet response to CORONA / Peter A. Gorin. |