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Cold War Illinois by Sturdevant, Christopher is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Cold War Illinois about?
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.ISBN : 9781439670484
Who reads Cold War Illinois?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Sturdevant, Christopher
- Publisher
- Arcadia Publishing Inc.
- Published
- 2020
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781439670484
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- History, Humanities
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