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the race for space and world prestige

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Cornell University Press
Language
English

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Subjects
Politics and government, Astronautics and state, Sputnik satellites, History, Russian Artificial satellites, Eisenhower, dwight d. (dwight david), 1890-1969, Artificial satellites, United states, politics and government, 1953-1961
People
Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969)
Places
United States
Times
1953-1961

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Eisenhower's Sputnik Moment: The Race for Space and World Prestige
2013, Cornell University Press
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Eisenhower's Sputnik moment: the race for space and world prestige
2013, Cornell University Press
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Table of 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.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
973.921092
Library of Congress
E835 .M47 2013, E835.M47 2013

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Pagination
p. cm.

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OL25385176M
Internet Archive
eisenhowerssputn00miec
ISBN 13
9780801451508
LCCN
2012029157
OCLC/WorldCat
801219594

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