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Eisenhower's Sputnik moment : the race for space and world prestige
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Eisenhower's Sputnik moment : the race for space and world prestige / Yanek Mieczkowski.
ISBN
9780801451508 (cloth : alk. paper)
0801451507 (cloth : alk. paper)
Published
Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2013.
Physical Description
viii, 358 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 10, 2013
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
What was the Sputnik "panic"?
The most fateful decision of his presidency?
Eisenhower's reaction to Sputnik
Space and Eisenhower's principles
Cheerleader-in-chief
Gloom, gloom, gloom
High in space, low on earth
Eisenhower's rival
Radical moves
Order from chaos
Defeat and a score
Priorities versus prestige
Satellites, Saturn, spacemen
Voyages, images, mirages
Space and prestige in the 1960 race
Eisenhower versus Kennedy.
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