Book ID: CBB000950610

The Star Wars Enigma: Behind the Scenes of the Cold War Race for Missile Defense (2006)

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Hey, Nigel (Author)



Publication Date: 2006
Physical Details: xii + 275 pp.; ill.; maps; bibl.; index
Language: English

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Review Macrakis, Kristie (2008) Review of "The Star Wars Enigma: Behind the Scenes of the Cold War Race for Missile Defense". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 441). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Booss-Bavnbek, Bernhelm
Cloud, John
Crook, Paul
Eckart, Wolfgang U.
Fox, Robert
Gray, Chris Hables
Journals
Acta Historica Leopoldina
Chemical Heritage
Historia Scientiarum: International Journal of the History of Science Society of Japan
History of Psychiatry
Impact of Science on Society
Journal of War and Cultural Studies
Publishers
Brill
Oxford University Press
Cambridge University Press
Birkhäuser
Clarice Publications
Palgrave Macmillan
Concepts
Science and war; science and the military
World War II
World War I
Technology and war; technology and the military
Cold War
Chemistry
Time Periods
20th century
20th century, early
19th century
20th century, late
Places
United States
Great Britain
Europe
India
Japan
Spain
Institutions
Naval War College
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