Gretchen Heefner
Sand, Snow, and Stardust: How US Military Engineers Conquered Extreme Environments
A vivid tour of US military efforts to understand, survive, and command harsh environments worldwide—and beyond. Deserts, the Arctic, outer space—these extreme environments are often seen as inhospitable places at the edges of our maps. But from the 1940s through the 1960s, spurred by the ...
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