The Missile Next Door

The Minuteman in the American Heartland

Nonfiction, History, Military, Strategy, Americas, United States, 20th Century
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Author: Gretchen Heefner ISBN: 9780674070882
Publisher: Harvard University Press Publication: September 10, 2012
Imprint: Harvard University Press Language: English
Author: Gretchen Heefner
ISBN: 9780674070882
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication: September 10, 2012
Imprint: Harvard University Press
Language: English

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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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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