| Cold War Peacemaker: The Story of Cowtown and the Convair B-36 |  | Authors: Dennis R. Jenkins, Don Pyeatt
Publisher: Specialty Pr Pub & Wholesalers
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 318,169
Languages: English (Unknown), English (Original Language), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 240
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.7
Dimensions (in): 11.1 x 8.6 x 0.8
ISBN: 1580071279
EAN: 9781580071277
ASIN: 1580071279
Publication Date: January 15, 2010
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Product Description
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.
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