Cold War Illinois

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Cold War Illinois

Author	: Christopher Sturdevant
File Size	: 53,9 Mb
Publisher	: Arcadia Publishing
Language	: English
Release Date	: 31 August 2020
ISBN	: 9781439670484
Pages	: 130 pages

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Cold War Illinois by Christopher Sturdevant Book PDF Summary

From Walt Disney and Ronald Reagan to chess matches and Nike missiles, trace the Illinois roots of prominent players in the longest and costliest conflict in American history. Discover a mobster's involvement in assassination attempts of Cuban leader Fidel Castro and how the nuclear age began at a college football field on Chicago's south side. Visit the graves of Communist Party leaders and the high-alert heritage of military bases across the state. Local author Christopher Sturdevant, chairman of the Midwest Chapter of the Cold War Museum, follows up his look into Cold War Wisconsin with its neighbor to the south in a fascinating tale of Illinois's role in the fight between East and West.

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