{"product_id":"cold-war-oklahoma-9781540238504","title":"Cold War Oklahoma","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Landry Brewer\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: History Press Library Editions\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: History Press Library Editions\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: United States - State \u0026amp; Local - Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOklahoma might seem like an unexpected place for Cold War tensions to boil over, but the state played a key role in a conflict that threatened global annihilation. Altus Air Force Base served as a hub for twelve intercontinental ballistic missile launch sites; in 1964, a missile housed at the Frederick site exploded, although the nuclear warhead remained unaffected. Ordinary citizens lived under the shadow of nuclear war as well. A former OU faculty member accused of committing espionage for the Soviet Union fled the country, while a SWOSU professor dug his own fallout shelter in Weatherford--by hand. During the Cuban Missile Crisis, an emergency siren malfunction sent terrified Elk City parents scurrying to local schools to pick up their children. Landry Brewer presents a fascinating cross-section of the era, from top-level strategy to the details of daily life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"History Press Library Editions","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45139523141783,"sku":"9781540238504","price":2255.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781540238504.webp?v=1767910384","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/cold-war-oklahoma-9781540238504","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}