Eisenhower's Sputnik moment : the race for space and world prestige / / Yanek Mieczkowski.
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| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | viii, 358 p. |
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| 100 | 1 | |a Mieczkowski, Yanek. | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Eisenhower's Sputnik moment |h [electronic resource] : |b the race for space and world prestige / |c Yanek Mieczkowski. |
| 260 | |a Ithaca : |b Cornell University Press, |c 2013. | ||
| 300 | |a viii, 358 p. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a 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. | |
| 533 | |a Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. | ||
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Eisenhower, Dwight D. |q (Dwight David), |d 1890-1969. |
| 650 | 0 | |a Artificial satellites, Russian |x Political aspects |z United States. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Sputnik satellites |x History. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Astronautics and state |z United States |x History. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a United States |x Politics and government |y 1953-1961. | |
| 655 | 4 | |a Electronic books. | |
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