Eisenhower's Sputnik moment [electronic resource] : the race for space and world prestige / Yanek Mieczkowski.
Mieczkowski, Yanek.
2013
E835 .M47 2013eb
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Title
Eisenhower's Sputnik moment [electronic resource] : the race for space and world prestige / Yanek Mieczkowski.
Author
Mieczkowski, Yanek.
ISBN
9780801467936 (electronic bk.)
9780801451508
Publication Details
Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2013.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (viii, 358 p.) : ill.
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E835 .M47 2013eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
973.921092
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Eisenhower's Sputnik moment.
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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.

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