Bender, Donald E. “The Nike Missile System: A Concise Historical Overview.” The Alpha System at Fairleigh Dickinson University, Fairleigh Dickinson University, alpha.fdu.edu/~bender/N-view.html. This website was one of the first websites I found about the creation of the Nike Missile Program. Not only does it explain how and why the program began, but it also explains the technical aspects of the sites and missiles, and the introduction of new Nike Missile models and how they affected the program as a whole.
Berhow, Mark A. US Strategic and Defense Missile Systems 1950-2004. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2012. This book helped me explain a more comprehensive history of the Nike Missile Program. I was not aware of any other missile programs that took place after the Nike Missile Program was discontinued, so reading different sections of this book pertaining to the Titan missile program helped me understand this more.
“Boeing.” Boeing: Minuteman III, www.boeing.com/defense/weapons/minuteman-iii/. The use of this website in my research as well as my research paper was minimal. This was to simply clarify that the Minuteman III missile system is one of the last ICBMs still in production (following the Nike and Titan missile systems), and that Boeing is the company who produces those missiles.
The Library Of Congress. “Loring Air Force Base, Weapons Storage Area, Northeastern Corner of Base at Northern End of Maine Road, Limestone, Aroostook County, ME.” The Library of Congress, The Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/item/me0311/. The Loring Air Force Base was one of the only military operations in the United States to be protected in a Nike Missile Site defense area during the Cold War.
Loory, Stuart H. and Ubell, Earl. "The Death of Nike-Zeus." Saturday Evening Post, vol. 236, no. 21, 6/1/1963, pp. 15-19. This article from the Saturday Evening Post was the most essential source for me to find out the reasons why the Nike Missile Program was shut down. This also made me aware of just how much money was put into the program (and how much more would be put into the program) had Robert McNamara defunded it.
Marquette, Chris. “Is Westport's Nike Missile Radar Site Historic? Opinions Differ.” Westport News, 28 June 2016, 6:30 PM, www.westport-news.com/news/article/Is-Westport-s-Nike-missile-radar-site-historic-8330478.php. To further explain my thesis that the Nike Missile Program was probably not the most effective use of the United State government and military's money, this news article features discussions about the validity of Westport, Connecticut's former Nike Missile Site as a historical landmark.
“New York City Population by Borough, 1950 - 2040.” New York City Population by Borough, 1950 - 2040 - Data.gov, Data.gov, 3 Feb. 2018, catalog.data.gov/dataset/new-york-city-population-by-borough-1950-2040-d09f9. I wanted to use this website because I needed to find out the population of the New York City boroughs in the 1950's and the 1960's. I wanted to find out the population to see if it was justified for there to be twenty Nike Missile Sites surrounding the city in the defense area.
“Nike Air Defense Missile: Nike Missile Locations Missouri.” TheMilitaryStandard - Nike, TheMilitaryStandard - Nike, www.themilitarystandard.com/missile/nike/locationsmo.php. Like the census data I used to find out the population of the New York City area and therefore try to justify the twenty missile sites surrounding the area, I used this website to determine how many missile sites surrounded Missouri in what was known as the Nike Missile Kansas City-St. Louis Defense Area.
“Nike Missile Washington-Baltimore Defense Area.” TheMilitaryStandard - Nike, TheMilitaryStandard - Nike, www.themilitarystandard.com/missile/nike/wash_balt-md.php. Like the census data I used to find out the population of the New York City area and therefore try to justify the twenty missile sites surrounding the area, I used this website to determine how many missile sites surrounded Washington D.C. in what was known as the Nike Missile Washington-Baltimore Defense Area.
United States, Congress, Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District, and Roger Hatheway. “Historical Cultural Resources Survey and Evaluation of the Nike Missile Sites in the Angeles National Forest, Los Angeles County, California.” Historical Cultural Resources Survey and Evaluation of the Nike Missile Sites in the Angeles National Forest, Los Angeles County, California., 1987. This evaluation of the Nike Missile Sites in the Angeles National Forest was one of the sources I needed to show that the program was not valued, even after almost twenty years after it was decommissioned. While I believe that the Nike Missile Program was an important part of the United States history, this was needed to show that the sites were not valued, and are considered a waste of resources.
“Where Missile Sites Once Stood in Connecticut.” Fairfield Citizen, Hearst Media Services Connecticut, LLC, 7 Apr. 2014, 9:37 AM, www.fairfieldcitizenonline.com/news/article/Where-missile-sites-once-stood-in-Connecticut-5376947.php. To get a more in-depth look at how many Nike Missile Sites existed in Connecticut, I found this website. This online newspaper told the locations of the former Nike Missile Sites, and also explained what has happened to those sites since they were used in the 1950's through the 1960's.
Berhow, Mark A. US Strategic and Defense Missile Systems 1950-2004. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2012. This book helped me explain a more comprehensive history of the Nike Missile Program. I was not aware of any other missile programs that took place after the Nike Missile Program was discontinued, so reading different sections of this book pertaining to the Titan missile program helped me understand this more.
“Boeing.” Boeing: Minuteman III, www.boeing.com/defense/weapons/minuteman-iii/. The use of this website in my research as well as my research paper was minimal. This was to simply clarify that the Minuteman III missile system is one of the last ICBMs still in production (following the Nike and Titan missile systems), and that Boeing is the company who produces those missiles.
The Library Of Congress. “Loring Air Force Base, Weapons Storage Area, Northeastern Corner of Base at Northern End of Maine Road, Limestone, Aroostook County, ME.” The Library of Congress, The Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/item/me0311/. The Loring Air Force Base was one of the only military operations in the United States to be protected in a Nike Missile Site defense area during the Cold War.
Loory, Stuart H. and Ubell, Earl. "The Death of Nike-Zeus." Saturday Evening Post, vol. 236, no. 21, 6/1/1963, pp. 15-19. This article from the Saturday Evening Post was the most essential source for me to find out the reasons why the Nike Missile Program was shut down. This also made me aware of just how much money was put into the program (and how much more would be put into the program) had Robert McNamara defunded it.
Marquette, Chris. “Is Westport's Nike Missile Radar Site Historic? Opinions Differ.” Westport News, 28 June 2016, 6:30 PM, www.westport-news.com/news/article/Is-Westport-s-Nike-missile-radar-site-historic-8330478.php. To further explain my thesis that the Nike Missile Program was probably not the most effective use of the United State government and military's money, this news article features discussions about the validity of Westport, Connecticut's former Nike Missile Site as a historical landmark.
“New York City Population by Borough, 1950 - 2040.” New York City Population by Borough, 1950 - 2040 - Data.gov, Data.gov, 3 Feb. 2018, catalog.data.gov/dataset/new-york-city-population-by-borough-1950-2040-d09f9. I wanted to use this website because I needed to find out the population of the New York City boroughs in the 1950's and the 1960's. I wanted to find out the population to see if it was justified for there to be twenty Nike Missile Sites surrounding the city in the defense area.
“Nike Air Defense Missile: Nike Missile Locations Missouri.” TheMilitaryStandard - Nike, TheMilitaryStandard - Nike, www.themilitarystandard.com/missile/nike/locationsmo.php. Like the census data I used to find out the population of the New York City area and therefore try to justify the twenty missile sites surrounding the area, I used this website to determine how many missile sites surrounded Missouri in what was known as the Nike Missile Kansas City-St. Louis Defense Area.
“Nike Missile Washington-Baltimore Defense Area.” TheMilitaryStandard - Nike, TheMilitaryStandard - Nike, www.themilitarystandard.com/missile/nike/wash_balt-md.php. Like the census data I used to find out the population of the New York City area and therefore try to justify the twenty missile sites surrounding the area, I used this website to determine how many missile sites surrounded Washington D.C. in what was known as the Nike Missile Washington-Baltimore Defense Area.
United States, Congress, Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District, and Roger Hatheway. “Historical Cultural Resources Survey and Evaluation of the Nike Missile Sites in the Angeles National Forest, Los Angeles County, California.” Historical Cultural Resources Survey and Evaluation of the Nike Missile Sites in the Angeles National Forest, Los Angeles County, California., 1987. This evaluation of the Nike Missile Sites in the Angeles National Forest was one of the sources I needed to show that the program was not valued, even after almost twenty years after it was decommissioned. While I believe that the Nike Missile Program was an important part of the United States history, this was needed to show that the sites were not valued, and are considered a waste of resources.
“Where Missile Sites Once Stood in Connecticut.” Fairfield Citizen, Hearst Media Services Connecticut, LLC, 7 Apr. 2014, 9:37 AM, www.fairfieldcitizenonline.com/news/article/Where-missile-sites-once-stood-in-Connecticut-5376947.php. To get a more in-depth look at how many Nike Missile Sites existed in Connecticut, I found this website. This online newspaper told the locations of the former Nike Missile Sites, and also explained what has happened to those sites since they were used in the 1950's through the 1960's.