In the Heefner article, it states that Dwight Eisenhower had a system of defense highways to provide efficient moving of…

During the Cold War, the U.S pushed forth efforts of increasing defense and military buildup. One way of doing so…

The priority of national defense over all else shows us how the minutemen missiles were a part of the military-industrial…

During the Cold War, Dwight Eisenhower developed the idea of a “military-industrial complex” where the government, some corporations, and the…

The Minutemen missile’s economic impact is immense, especially at the local level. Of course the cost of making the missiles…

Heefner’s article on the Minutemen Silo Memorial and the lasting impact of Cold-War economics on the Great Plains area illuminates…

ABB During the Cold War, South Dakota’s western plains were selected to be the incubator for 150 Minuteman missiles, which…

The installation of the Minutemen Silos in South Dakota was a smaller part of the larger Cold War economy. The…

Heefner’s Missiles and Memories: Dismantling South Dakota’s Cold War demonstrates an intersection of the nation’s military and arms history, local…

During his farewell address in January of 1961, President Eisenhower said the following regarding the “immense military establishment” and “large…