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Eisenhower's Sputnik Moment : The Race for Space and World Prestige.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2013Copyright date: ©2013Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (369 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780801467936
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Eisenhower's Sputnik MomentDDC classification:
  • 973.921092
LOC classification:
  • E835
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- List of Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part One: Sputnik -- 1. What Was the Sputnik "Panic"? -- 2. "The Most Fateful Decision of His Presidency" -- 3. Eisenhower's Reaction to Sputnik -- 4. Eisenhower's Principles -- Part Two: Setbacks -- 5. Cheerleader-in-Chief -- 6. "Gloom, Gloom, Gloom" -- 7. Space Highs, Economic Lows -- 8. Eisenhower's Rival -- 9. "Radical Moves" -- 10. Order from Chaos -- 11. Defeat and a SCORE -- 12. Priorities and Prestige -- Part Three: Space -- 13. Satellites, Saturn, Spacemen -- 14. Voyages, Mirages, Images -- 15. Space, Prestige, and the 1960 Race -- 16. Eisenhower versus Kennedy -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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Intro -- Contents -- List of Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part One: Sputnik -- 1. What Was the Sputnik "Panic"? -- 2. "The Most Fateful Decision of His Presidency" -- 3. Eisenhower's Reaction to Sputnik -- 4. Eisenhower's Principles -- Part Two: Setbacks -- 5. Cheerleader-in-Chief -- 6. "Gloom, Gloom, Gloom" -- 7. Space Highs, Economic Lows -- 8. Eisenhower's Rival -- 9. "Radical Moves" -- 10. Order from Chaos -- 11. Defeat and a SCORE -- 12. Priorities and Prestige -- Part Three: Space -- 13. Satellites, Saturn, Spacemen -- 14. Voyages, Mirages, Images -- 15. Space, Prestige, and the 1960 Race -- 16. Eisenhower versus Kennedy -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

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