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TITAN II

Reviews

Rating: 4 / 5
Date: 2009-10-29
Summary: "Excellent Titan II History"

This book is a must have for those interested in the history of the Cold War and the US effort to Keep the Peace. Excellent detail on the missile, especially the accidents that occurred during its deployment.

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Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2008-11-24
Summary: "Fantastic"

This book is fantastic! I am a former Titan II crewmember and I learned a tremendous amount about the missiles I "baby-sat" for 4 years -- the "why" behind some design, fit with other weapon systems, incidents at other bases, difficulties in construction, and a bit of the politics. An enchanting, wonderful, thoroughly-researched, well-written book. It's a treasure in my library!

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Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2008-11-17
Summary: "The Backbone of U.S. Strategic Forces"

I loved this book through and through. The coverage of doctrine, policy from the U.S. leadership to the "in the trenches" view from the wing/squadron/flight level was amazing. The Titan family has been a stalwart throughout the Cold War - as ICBMs, Space Launch Vehicles, boosting Gemini capsules into orbit... and its cousins boosting national reconnaissance satellites in later decades.

I liked the fact that it was written as a historical study from a non-military source. If there is bias in the book it is from the historian perspective and not the party-line offered by the U.S. military. With today's Air Force missileers screwing up left and right, its nice to read a history of their figurative grandfathers and fathers doing the job correctly to keep the Russian Bear at bay.

Recommended: Disaster at Silo 7, Star Trek: First Contact (alternative uses for a Titan II???), The Day After (don't put a Titan II silo in your backyard...)

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Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2008-03-04
Summary: "Excellent Book"

Very informative book chock full of all the information you could ever want to know about the missile and program.

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Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2006-05-26
Summary: "You need this book..."

Wow another wonderful cold war missile history book.This book is so imformative it get right down to the nuts and bolts that kept this mighty missile together.If you want to learn about what Titan was and what it did to protect us then get this book now trust me it's that good.