Cold War Kansas
Document Type
Book
Organization
Southwestern Oklahoma State University
Publication Date
8-24-2020
Abstract
Kansas played an outsized role in the Cold War, when civilization’s survival hung in the balance. Forbes Air Force Base operated nine Atlas E intercontinental ballistic missile launch sites. Schilling Air Force Base was the hub for twelve Atlas F ICBMs. McConnell Air Force Base operated eighteen Titan II ICBMs. A Kansas State University engineering professor converted a discarded Union Pacific Railroad water tank into his family’s backyard fallout shelter. A United States president from Kansas faced several nuclear war scares as the Cold War moved into the thermonuclear age. Landry Brewer tells the fascinating story of highest-level national strategy and how everyday Kansans lived with threats to their way of life.
Recommended Citation
Brewer, Landry, "Cold War Kansas" (2020). Faculty Articles & Research. 8.
https://dc.swosu.edu/caap_general_articles/8