Shemya: America's Cold War Sentinel
America's Cold War Sentinel
$49.20
- Paperback
96 pages
- Release Date
29 June 2026
Summary
The Aleutian frontier became a perilous turning point as covert surveillance and harsh elements tested operatives.
The isolated Aleutian Islands became stepping stones to the United States for the Japanese military during World War II. Their thrust was terminated by bitter battles in 1943, but in the late 1950s, another threat emerged–the Cold War. Once again, the Aleutian Islands became a battlefield–an electronic battlefield for the most sophisticated monitoring and highly secretive…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781634996129 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1634996127 |
| Author: | Gerald Butler |
| Publisher: | America Through Time |
| Imprint: | America Through Time |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 96 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Release Date: | 29 June 2026 |
| Weight: | 408g |
| Dimensions: | 10mm x 155mm x 234mm |
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Gerald Butler
Captain Gerald W. Butler, of the Massachusetts State Guard, is the former curator of Fort Warren and Fort Independence, Boston Harbor, and Fort Rodman, New Bedford, Massachusetts. He has published six books and numerous periodicals on seacoast fortifications and served as a military consultant to military museums and state parks. He was the former historian for United States Navy mine warfare units in New England, and his illustrations of seacoast weaponry and fortifications are published worldwide. He served in the elite United States Regular Army’s Intelligence Security Agency’s Special Operations Unit at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and Shemya Island, Alaska.
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