Last Missile Site: An Operational and Physical History of Nike Site SF-88, Fort Barry, California

The Last Missile Site is the only book to bring readers inside the only mechanically operational Nike site in the United States. Historians Stephen Haller and John Martini provide a fascinating detailed description of the physical layout of Nike Site SF-88 as well as insight about life at the battery during the Cold War from officers and enlisted who served at the site. Nike Sites with nuclear warheads surrounded almost every major American city during the Cold War. This is the book for history fans, military historians, park managers, and others who need to understand how these Cold War relics operated. Illustrated by the award-winning Ormsby & Thickstun Design Studio.