Neufeld, JacobBiblio.com
Neufield, JacobBiblio.com
The Development of Ballistic Missile in the United States Air Force 1945-1960 - Atomic Missiles Project MX-774 Thor ICBM Squadrons Atlas and Titan IRBM Pilotless Aircraft; U.S. Government Department of Defense U.S. Military U.S. Air Force USAF World Spaceflight News
1990ref. 90575San Bernardino CA: Progressive Management Publications 1990. Presumed First Edition First printing. Trade paperback. Very good. 286 2 pages. Illustrations. Chapter Notes. Appendices. Notes Glossary. Bibliographic Note. Front cover has some curving. Jacob "Jack" Neufeld had been Editor Emeritus of Air Power History. Over the course of his long and distinguished career Jack left his mark on three decades of Air Force historical research writing and publishing from as early as 1970 through his two retirements first from the Air Force history program in 2006 and second from editorship of this magazine in 2014. After his Masters degree Jake was commissioned in the U.S. Army and served with the Corps of Engineers at Ft. Campbell Kentucky and Ft. Belvoir Virginia from 1964 to 1966. After his Army service he joined the Air Force History program in 1967 serving initially at HQ Eighth Air Force SAC. While there he completed all of the course work for a doctoral degree at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in American studies. In 1970 Jack chose to transfer to the Office of Air Force History in Washington D.C. He remained assigned to that office until retiring in 2006. After this retirement he continued to edit Air Power History until 2014 completing twenty-one years of leadership. A gifted researcher writer and editor Jack wrote or edited numerous scholarly works in military history and the history of technology including The Development of Ballistic Missiles in the United States Air Force 1945-1960. In all he had more than a dozen works to his name. He was an adjunct professor of history at American Military University Montgomery College and the University of Maryland. Following World War II the onset of nuclear weapons long-range jet bombers and ballistic missiles radically changed American foreign policy and military strategy. The U.S. Air Force led by men of far-sighted vision and uncommon dedication accepted the challenge of organizing and leading a massive research and development effort to build ballistic missiles. In the quarter of a century since these weapons have constituted one of the three legs of the strategic triad -- the basis of Americas strategy of deterring nuclear war -- yet they have received less attention from the public and within the Air Force than the more glamorous manned bombers of the Strategic Air Command or the missile-launching submarines of the U.S. Navy. This volume attempts to correct the imbalance by telling the story of the development of Air Force ballistic missiles. It concentrates on the first generation of ballistic missiles the intercontinental Atlas and Titan and the intermediate-range Thor. Although the effort to develop rockets has a longer history than commonly assumed the modern history spans the relatively short era from 1945 to 1960. During this brief interval missiles advanced from drawing board to alert status where the next generation now remains poised to deter war. The author describes the difficulties involved in the technological competition with the Soviets to be first to develop and deploy a ballistic missile force. With innovative leadership the Air Force succeeded also in overcoming conflict with the Army and Navy budgetary constraints administrative complications and of course formidable engineering problems. Progressive Management Publications paperback
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