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Missile Gap Myth Shaped 1960 Campaign and Arms Race
In 1960 a non existent missile gap influenced U S Soviet relations and the presidential race. Everett S. Allen cites interviews with leaders from Eisenhower to Johnson, noting how fear of Soviet superiority spurred a costly missile race, doubled arsenals, and affected Nixon's defeat and Kennedy's rise.
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United States
Soviet Union
Everett S. Allen
New Bedford
Mass
Standard-Times
Standard Times
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Kennedy
Wiesner
Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
U.S
Richard M. Nixon
White House
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Foremer Air Force
U.s,u,s,s,r
Strategic Air Command
Omaha
Allen Dulles
Central Intelligence Agency
James M. Gavin
Army
Robert S. McNamara
State Department