- Description
- 1 online resource (viii, 358 p.) : ill.
- Uniform Title
- Eisenhower's Sputnik moment (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Eisenhower's Sputnik moment (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-344) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- 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.
- LCCN
- 2012029157
- OCLC
- ssj0000835262
- Author
Mieczkowski, Yanek.
- Title
Eisenhower's Sputnik moment [electronic resource] : the race for space and world prestige / Yanek Mieczkowski.
- Imprint
Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2013.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-344) and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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