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  • Eyeing the Red Storm

  • Eisenhower and the First Attempt to Build a Spy Satellite
  • By: Robert M. Dienesch
  • Narrated by: Jim Woods
  • Length: 6 hrs and 47 mins
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Summary

In 1954, the US Air Force launched an ambitious program known as WS-117L to develop the world's first reconnaissance satellite. The goal was to take photographic images from space and relay them back to Earth via radio. Because of technical issues and bureaucratic resistance, however, WS-117L was seriously behind schedule by the time Sputnik orbited Earth in 1957 and was eventually cancelled. Eyeing the Red Storm examines the birth of space-based reconnaissance from the perspective of WS-117L. Robert M. Dienesch's revised assessment places WS-117L within the larger context of Dwight D. Eisenhower's presidency, focusing on the dynamic between military and civilian leadership. Dienesch demonstrates how WS-117L promised Eisenhower not merely military intelligence but also the capacity to manage national security against the Soviet threat. As a fiscal conservative, Eisenhower believed a strong economy was the key to surviving the Cold War and saw satellite reconnaissance as a means to understand the Soviet military challenge more clearly and thus keep American defense spending under control. Although WS-117L never flew, it provided the foundation for all subsequent satellites, breaking theoretical barriers and helping to overcome major technical hurdles, which ensured the success of America's first working reconnaissance satellites and their photographic missions during the Cold War.

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"Readers searching for a detailed analysis of early spy satellite development will approve of Dienesch's accessible work." ( Publishers Weekly)
"An intriguing and incisive study... Eyeing the Red Storm puts readers into the middle of the Cold War." ( Foreword Reviews)
" Eyeing the Red Storm is a valuable contribution to the existing literature on military space programs." ( Washington Book Review)

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