Eisenhower's Sputnik Moment: The Race for Space and World Prestige - Yanek Mieczkowski - Books - Cornell University Press - 9780801451508 - March 12, 2013
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Eisenhower's Sputnik Moment: The Race for Space and World Prestige

Yanek Mieczkowski

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

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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