A memoir of the missile age : one man's journey /

A memoir of the missile age : one man's journey /

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Vitaly Leonidovich Katayev was an eyewitness to history as he saw the arms race accelerating at an absurd and inexplicable pace, and he understood why. His perspective was from inside the Soviet system, in an office that was devoted to analysis of arms control and defense matters in the Central Comm...

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Main Author: Katayev, Vitaly Leonidovich (Author)
Corporate Author: ProQuest ebook central
Other Authors: Kostrova, Ksenia (Compiler, project advisor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Stanford, CA : Hoover Institution Press, 2015
Stanford, California : Hoover Institution Press/Stanford University, [2015]
Series:Hoover Institution Press publication ; 622
Hoover Institution Press publication ; no. 622
Subjects:
Katayev, Vitaly Leonidovich
1945-1991
Arms control > Decision making
Ballistic missiles > Design and construction
Ballistic missiles > Soviet Union > History
Cold War
Military scientists > Soviet Union > Biography
Nuclear aircraft > Soviet Union > History
Nuclear weapons > Soviet Union
Rocketry > Biography
Rockets (Aeronautics) > Soviet Union
Armements > Contrôle > Prise de décision
Armes nucléaires > URSS
Avions nucléaires > URSS > Histoire
Fusées (Aéronautique)
Guerre froide
Ballistic missiles
Diplomatic relations
HISTORY > Military > Other
History
Military policy
Military readiness
Military scientists
Nuclear aircraft
Nuclear weapons
Rocketry
Rockets (Aeronautics)
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science
Soviet Union > Defenses
Soviet Union > Foreign relations > 1945-1991
Soviet Union > Military policy
URSS > Relations extérieures > 1945-1991
Soviet Union
Electronic books
Autobiographies
Biographies
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright; A note to readers; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Introduction; PART I: Snapshots from a Career in Soviet Rocket Design; Chapter 1: Omsk Civil Aviation Plant; Chapter 2: Yuzhnoye Design Bureau; Chapter 3: The Nedelin Disaster; Chapter 4: Baikonur Test Range; Chapter 5: The R-16, R-36, and Other Missile Products; Chapter 6: Two Profiles: Chief Designers Mikhail Yangel and Viktor Petrovich Makeyev; PART II: An Insider's View of Soviet Arms Development and Limitation; Chapter 7: Military-Industrial Complex; Chapter 8: Communist Party
  • Part I Snapshots From A Career in Soviet Rocket Design
  • 1 Omsk Civil Aviation Plant 9
  • 2 Yuzhnoye Design Bureau 29
  • 3 The Nedelin Disaster 39
  • 4 Baikonur Test Range 49
  • 5 The R-16, R-36, and Other Missile Projects 73
  • 6 Two Profiles: Chief Designers Mikhail Yangel and Viktor Petrovich Makeyev 89
  • Part II An Insider's View of Soviet Arms Development and Limitation
  • 7 Military-Industrial Complex 111
  • 8 Communit Party 121
  • 9 Government Defense Agencies 139
  • 10 Interdepartmental Working Group 159
  • Chapter 9: Government Defense AgenciesChapter 10: Interdepartmental Working Group; Afterword; Appendix A: Alternative Names for Soviet Rockets and Missiles; Appendix B: Scientific, Political, and Military Figures in Vitaly Katayev's Account of the Soviet Missile Age; Notes; About the Author; Index; Photo Section

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