The Missile Next Door

The Missile Next Door
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Publisher : Harvard University Press
Total Pages : 321
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ISBN-10 : 9780674067462
ISBN-13 : 0674067460
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Book Synopsis The Missile Next Door by : Gretchen Heefner

Download or read book The Missile Next Door written by Gretchen Heefner and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2012-09-10 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1960s the Air Force buried 1,000 ICBMs in pastures across the Great Plains to keep U.S. nuclear strategy out of view. As rural civilians of all political stripes found themselves living in the Soviet crosshairs, a proud Plains individualism gave way to an economic dependence on the military-industrial complex that still persists today.


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