Eisenhower's Sputnik Moment : : The Race for Space and World Prestige / / Yanek Mieczkowski.
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 charge...
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Year of Publication: | 2013 |
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