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Cold War Peacemaker: The Story of Cowtown and Convair B-36

Dennis R. Jenkins

4.5/5 ( ratings)

Great airplanes don't simply appear in history, they evolve through a myriad of technological, political, and economic processes. In this book you will experience one of the most unlikely developments in aviation history - the Convair B-36 very-long-range nuclear bomber. From its beginnings during the world's greatest conflict, through construction in a former wild-west cattle town, and deployment into the Cold War, the story of the Convair B-36 and how it intimidated the Soviet Union is an interesting study in politics and technology. In "Cold War Peacemaker," you will experience life during the Cold War as your parents and grandparents lived it. You will meet military leaders, politicians, cowboys, tycoons - and a cowboy tycoon - who worked together to save the free world from communist domination. You will also see up-close the amazing technology of aviation at the beginning of the nuclear age and how it was manifested in the B-36.

Language: English

Pages: 240

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Specialty Press (MN)

Release: February 01, 2010

ISBN: 1580071279

ISBN 13: 9781580071277

Cold War Peacemaker: The Story of Cowtown and Convair B-36

Dennis R. Jenkins

4.5/5 ( ratings)

Great airplanes don't simply appear in history, they evolve through a myriad of technological, political, and economic processes. In this book you will experience one of the most unlikely developments in aviation history - the Convair B-36 very-long-range nuclear bomber. From its beginnings during the world's greatest conflict, through construction in a former wild-west cattle town, and deployment into the Cold War, the story of the Convair B-36 and how it intimidated the Soviet Union is an interesting study in politics and technology. In "Cold War Peacemaker," you will experience life during the Cold War as your parents and grandparents lived it. You will meet military leaders, politicians, cowboys, tycoons - and a cowboy tycoon - who worked together to save the free world from communist domination. You will also see up-close the amazing technology of aviation at the beginning of the nuclear age and how it was manifested in the B-36.

Language: English

Pages: 240

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Specialty Press (MN)

Release: February 01, 2010

ISBN: 1580071279

ISBN 13: 9781580071277

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