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Dienesch combines an explication of high-level policy formulation with technical details about reconnaissance satellite development. He penetrates the secrecy that surrounded America's first military satellite program, WS-117L, to assess both its contributions and disappointments. -Rick W. Sturdevant, deputy director of history, Air Force Space Command -- Rick W. Sturdevant In his well-researched and convincingly argued book, Robert Dienesch has demonstrated clearly that the American spy satellite program, rather than being a knee-jerk reaction to the launching of Sputnik by the Soviet Union in 1957, was instead the culmination of years of effort by the Truman and Eisenhower administrations. -Galen Perras, associate professor of history at the University of Ottawa and author of Franklin Roosevelt and the Origins of the Canadian-American Security Alliance, 1933-1945: Necessary but Not Necessary Enough -- Galen Perras This book definitively offers a foundation for future research and as such is a welcome addition to Cold War historiography. -Emily Redman, Pacific Historical Review -- Emily Redman * Pacific Historical Review * Eyeing the Red Storm is an important contribution and a worthy resource for undergraduate or graduate settings as well as for readers interested in the history of satellite reconnaissance and Cold War strategy. -Nicholas Sambaluk, H-War -- Nicholas Sambaluk * H-War * For those who have a 'Space and the Cold War' shelf in their library, this book deserves a place on it. -Pat Norris, Aerospace -- Pat Norris * Aerospace * Eyeing the Red Storm is a valuable contribution to the existing literature on military space programs. -Washington Book Review * Washington Book Review * An intriguing and incisive study. . . . Eyeing the Red Storm puts readers into the middle of the Cold War. -Scott Neuffer, Foreword Reviews -- Scott Neuffer * Foreword Reviews * Readers searching for a detailed analysis of early spy satellite development will approve of Dienesch's accessible work. -Publishers Weekly * Publishers Weekly *

Readers searching for a detailed analysis of early spy satellite development will approve of Dienesch's accessible work. -Publishers Weekly Publishers Weekly An intriguing and incisive study... Eyeing the Red Storm puts readers into the middle of the Cold War. -Scott Neuffer, Foreword Reviews -- Scott Neuffer Foreword Reviews In his well-researched and convincingly argued book, Robert Dienesch has demonstrated clearly that the American spy satellite program, rather than being a knee-jerk reaction to the launching of Sputnik by the Soviet Union in 1957, was instead the culmination of years of effort by the Truman and Eisenhower administrations. -Galen Perras, associate professor of history at the University of Ottawa and author of Franklin Roosevelt and the Origins of the Canadian-American Security Alliance, 1933-1945: Necessary but Not Necessary Enough -- Galen Perras Dienesch combines an explication of high-level policy formulation with technical details about reconnaissance satellite development. He penetrates the secrecy that surrounded America's first military satellite program, WS-117L, to assess both its contributions and disappointments. -Rick W. Sturdevant, deputy director of history, Air Force Space Command -- Rick W. Sturdevant

In his well-researched and convincingly argued book, Robert Dienesch has demonstrated clearly that the American spy satellite program, rather than being a knee-jerk reaction to the launching of Sputnik by the Soviet Union in 1957, was instead the culmination of years of effort by the Truman and Eisenhower administrations. -Galen Perras, associate professor of history at the University of Ottawa and author of Franklin Roosevelt and the Origins of the Canadian-American Security Alliance, 1933-1945: Necessary but Not Necessary Enough -- Galen Perras Dienesch combines an explication of high-level policy formulation with technical details about reconnaissance satellite development. He penetrates the secrecy that surrounded America's first military satellite program, WS-117L, to assess both its contributions and disappointments. -Rick W. Sturdevant, deputy director of history, Air Force Space Command -- Rick W. Sturdevant

Having crafted a remarkably strong interpretive framework on which to construct an admittedly complex historical narrative, Dienesch combines an explication of high-level policy formulation with technical details about reconnaissance satellite development. He penetrates the secrecy that surrounded America s first military satellite program, WS-117L, to assess both its contributions and disappointments. Rick W. Sturdevant, deputy director of history, Air Force Space Command--Rick W. Sturdevant (09/14/2015)

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Robert M. Dienesch is an adjunct assistant professor of history at the University of Windsor, Ontario, and a research affiliate with the Gregg Centre for the Study of War and Society. His work has been published in Quest: The History of Spaceflight and Northern Mariner.  

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