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Eisenhower's Sputnik moment : the race for space and world prestige /

"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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mieczkowski, Yanek (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2013.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.