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The Accidental Environmental Historian by Heefner, Gretchen

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A Slice of their Sovereignty: Negotiating the U.S. Empire of Bases, Wheelus Field, Libya, 1950-1954 by HEEFNER, GRETCHEN

“…Using the case study of Libya, this article examines how U.S. policymakers sought to rationalize their appropriation of sovereign territory for strategic needs…”
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"A Fighter Pilot's Heaven": Finding Cold War Utility in the North African Desert by Heefner, Gretchen

“…During the Cold War, the United States constructed an unprecedented network of military bases around the world. This expansion forced US policymakers to…”
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‘A tract that is wholly sand:’ engineering military environments in Libya by Heefner, Gretchen

“…•Examines construction of military bases in Libya in the late 1940s and early 1950s.•Considers how local environments shape military engineering practices and…”
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A COLD WAR CRISIS: FINDING MEANING IN A MOST UNCERTAIN TERM by Heefner, Gretchen

“…Uncertain Empire: American History and the Idea of the Cold War. While Westad's call for the continued internationalization of Cold War history is critical,…”
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Missiles and Memory: Dismantling South Dakota's Cold War by Heefner, Gretchen

“…For much of the cold war, 150 Minuteman missiles dotted South Dakota's western plains. Today the warheads are gone, but one silo remains as the Minuteman…”
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"A Symbol of the New Frontier" by HEEFNER, GRETCHEN

“…After nearly a decade of political wrangling, Hawai'i became the fiftieth state in 1959. While scholars have appropriately examined the sectional, racist, and…”
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'A symbol of the new frontier': Hawaiian statehood, anti-colonialism, and winning the cold war by Heefner, Gretchen

“…After nearly a decade of political wrangling, Hawai'i became the fiftieth state in 1959. While scholars have appropriately examined the sectional, racist, and…”
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The missile next door: The Cold War Minuteman and the arming of the Heartland by Heefner, Gretchen

“…During the Cold War the United States Air Force deployed 1,000 Minuteman Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles across the Great Plains, sometimes quite literally…”
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The missile next door: The Cold War Minuteman and the arming of the Heartland by Heefner, Gretchen

“…During the Cold War the United States Air Force deployed 1,000 Minuteman Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles across the Great Plains, sometimes quite literally…”
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Ministries of Extreme Situations by Heefner, Gretchen

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After Armies: Lessons in Occupation by HEEFNER, GRETCHEN

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Cold War in a Cold Land: Fighting Communism on the Northern Plains. By David W. Mills by Heefner, Gretchen

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Cold War in a Cold Land: Fighting Communism on the Northern Plains by Heefner, Gretchen

“…Heefner reviews Cold War in a Cold Land: Fighting Communism on the Northern Plains by David W. Mills…”
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The Malthusian Moment: Global Population Growth and the Birth of American Environmentalism by Heefner, Gretchen

“…More surprising are the ways that these ideas (and possible solutions) were transferred wholesale from the Third World to inner city America and then reflected…”
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The Missile Next Door: The Minuteman in the American Heartland by Hamblin, Jacob Darwin

“…In her intriguing book, Gretchen Heefner shows how the Minuteman program served some "surprising cultural functions" in the most intense years of the Cold War,…”
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Book Reviews by Sunseri, Thaddeus, Assmann, Stephanie, Zacek, Natalie, Heefner, Gretchen

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