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The Emerging Shield: The Air Force and the Evolution of Continental Air Defense, 1945-1960

Kenneth Schaffel

1991

Traces the development of defenses designed to protect the United States against bomber attack —the primary threat until the advent of the ballistic missile in the 1960s.The author points out that successful defense relied upon several factors, among them were technological advances in command, control, and communications and the development of doctrine on offensive and defensive strategic warfare.

356 pp., maps, charts, tables, photos, appendices, index

ISBN 0912799609, 0912799617 (pbk.)