Books for Missileers

AAFM occasionally has copies of books available for purchase - these are usually books donated by members when they have finished with them.  Go to the Store for information.

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History, Biographies, and Systems

Books by David Stumpf

• Minuteman: A Technical History of the Missile that Defined American Nuclear Warfare
• Titan II: A History of a Cold War Missile Program by AAFM Member David Stumpf — a detailed history of Titan II

Books by AAFM member Maj Gen (Ret) Chris Adams

• Inside the Cold War, A Cold Warrior's Reflections — about SAC combat crew duty (Free for active duty and retired from AU)

• Deterrence: An Enduring Strategy — about the men and women, from SAC leaders to combat crew members, involved in deterrence
• Ideologies in Conflict: A Cold War Docu-story — a history of work in the Soviet Union, Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus immediately after the Cold War ended

Books by former Secretary of the Air Force and AAFM member Tom Reed

• At The Abyss — personal stories of the Cold War, some recounted by Tom when he spoke at AAFM events
• The Nuclear Express — a political history of nuclear weapons development
  
• The Reagan Enigma: 1964-1980 — a history of Ronald Reagan's political campaigns for governor of California
  

• Books by other authors
  

• Camp Cooke and Vandenberg Air Force Base, 1941-1966 by Jeffrey E. Geiger, retired Vandenberg historian
• The Changing Culture of the Missileer by AAFM Member Col Larry Hasbrouck — his stories of missile duty
• Command and Control by Eric Schlosser —  source for the 2016 PBS documentary about the Damascus accident
• DEFCON-2 by Norman Polmar and John Gresham — a history of the Cuban Missile Crisis
• A Fiery Peace in a Cold War by Neil Sheehan — biography of General Bernard Schriever
• A Fighting Chance — the Moral Use of Nuclear Weapons by AAFM Member Joseph Martino
• History of the 556th SMS at Plattsburgh by AAFM Member John Stone
• Images of America: Holloman Air Force Base by AAFM Member Joe Page — including photos of Snark, Matador and Mace at Holloman AFB
• Images of America: Vandenberg Air Force Base by AAFM Member Joe Page — a pictorial history from the early days as Camp Cooke through present-day Space and Missile training and launch site
• The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes
• The Missile Next Door by Gretchen Heffner — a look at civilian neighbors in the missile fields
• Mission with LeMay by General Curtis LeMay and McKinley Kantor — LeMay's autobiography, with candid comments on leadership, ICBMs and much more
• Not For Ourselves Alone by AAFM Member Gary Conine — the evolution and role of the Titan II in the Cold War 
• Project Emily — Thor IRBM and the RAF by AAFM Member John Boyes — a history of Thor in the United Kingdom
• Somalia Diary by AAFM Member Bill Sims — his diary of service there during the Black Hawk Down period
• Space Launch Complex 10: Vandenberg's Cold War National Landmark by AAFM Member Joe Page — history of SLC-10 and Thor programs at Vandenberg.  The site, now home to the Vandenberg Museum, was used to train RAF crews and later for NRO launches
• TAC Missileers by George Mindling and Bob Bolton — a history of Matador and Mace
• Thor: Anatomy of a Weapon System by AAFM Member Geoff Goodchild - a look at the technical side of the UK-based missile from 1959 to 1963
• Thor Ballistic Missile: The United States and the United Kingdom in Partnership by AAFM Member John Boyes —  his second book on the Thor
• Thunder over Dakota by Lt Col (Ret) George Larson — a history of Ellsworth AFB, SD, that focuses on the Bomb Wing, with chapters about missiles, the Minuteman Missile National Historic Site and the 4 ACCS
• Titan Tales by AAFM Member John Womack — diary of a Titan II missile crew commander
• The Titan II Handbook by Chuck Penson — a technical exploration of Titan II
• UFOs and Nukes by AAFM Member by Robert Hastings — examination of UFO activity at nuclear weapons sites
• An Untaken Road by Steven Pomeroy — a history of efforts to deploy mobile ICBMs
• The US Nuclear Arsenal by Norman Polmar and Robert Norris — a comprehensive review of nuclear weapons and delivery systems
• Velocity, Speed with Direction by Lt Gen Aloysius Casey and Patrick Casey —  biography of General Jerome O'Malley

Fiction