Eisenhower's Sputnik Moment: The Race for Space and World Prestige

(Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Forfatter: Yanek Mieczkowski



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In a critical Cold War moment, Dwight D. Eisenhower’s presidency suddenly changed when the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, the world’s first satellite. What Ike called "a small ball" became a source of Russian pride and propaganda, and it wounded him politically, as critics charged that he responded sluggishly to the challenge of space...

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Forlag Cornell University Press
Forfatter Yanek Mieczkowski
Type Bog
Format Hardback
Sprog Engelsk
Udgivelsesdato 15-04-2013
Første udgivelsesår 2013
Illustrationer 14 charts - 14 Charts
Originalsprog United States
Sideantal 368
Indbinding Hardback
Forlag Cornell University Press
Sideoplysninger 368 pages, 14 charts - 14 Charts
Mål 165 x 237 x 29
ISBN-13 / EAN-13 9780801451508