Stealth - The Secret Contest to Invent Invisible Aircraft

Zusatztext This concise, highly readable history of the creation, development, and application of one of the most important technologies of the Cold War brings clarity and a thorough understanding to this complex subject. Informationen zum Autor Peter Westwick is a research professor of history at the University of Southern California and director of the Aerospace History Project at the Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West. He is the author or editor of several books, including Into the Black: JPL and the American Space Program, 1976-2004, which won book prizes from the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and the American Astronautical Society. Klappentext The story of the technology that revolutionized aeronautics and changed modern warfare Zusammenfassung The story of the technology that revolutionized aeronautics and changed modern warfare Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1. Roots of the Revolution Chapter 2. Dark Days in the Sunshine State Chapter 3. Breeding Invisible Rabbits Chapter 4. Lockheed: Tin Shed in a Hurricane Chapter 5. Northrop: Seeing the Waves Chapter 6. Shootout at RATSCAT Chapter 7. Have Blue and the F-117 Chapter 8. Secrets and Strategies Chapter 9. The Whale Chapter 10. Winning the B-2 Chapter 11. Building the B-2 Chapter 12. Stealth and the Modern Military

Product details

• Authors: Peter Westwick, Peter (Director of the Aerospace History Westwick
• Publisher: Oxford University Press Trade
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.02.2020
• EAN: 9780190677442
• ISBN: 978-0-19-067744-2
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Corporate & Business History, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Aeronautics & Astronautics, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, HISTORY / Military / United States, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / History, Military vehicles, Air forces & warfare, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, History of engineering and technology, History of engineering & technology, Air forces and warfare, The Cold War, Military aircraft, Cold wars and proxy conflicts, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General, HISTORY / Military / Aviation & Space, HISTORY / Russia / General