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

Main Author: Mieczkowski, Yanek.
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2013.
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Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10656287
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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. 
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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  |x History.  |z United States 
651 0 |a United States  |x Politics and government  |y 1953-1961. 
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