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Eisenhower's Sputnik Moment: The Race for Space and World Prestige
Yanek Mieczkowski
Eisenhower's Sputnik Moment: The Race for Space and World Prestige
Yanek Mieczkowski
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 charged that he responded sluggishly to the challenge of space...
256 pages, Illustrations
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | March 12, 2013 |
ISBN13 | 9780801451508 |
Publishers | Cornell University Press |
Pages | 368 |
Dimensions | 237 × 165 × 29 mm · 664 g |
Language | English |
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