Spaceflight and the myth of presidential leadership

Author(s)

• Launius, Roger D.
• McCurdy, Howard E.

Bibliographic Information

Spaceflight and the myth of presidential leadership

edited by Roger D. Launius and Howard E. McCurdy

University of Illinois Press, c1997

• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents of Works

• The reluctant racer, Dwight D. Eisenhower and United States space policy / David Callahan and Fred I. Greenstein
• Kennedy and the decision to go to the moon / Michael Beschloss
• Johnson, Project Apollo, and the politics of space program planning / Robert Dallek
• The presidency, Congress, and the deceleration of the U.S. space program in the 1970s / Joan Hoff
• Politics not science, the U.S. space program in the Reagan and Bush years / Lyn Ragsdale
• Presidential leadership and international aspects of the space program / Robert Ferrell
• National leadership and presidential power / John M. Logsdon

Details

• NCID: BA36031713
• ISBN:
  • 0252023366
  • 9780252066320
• LCCN: 96051213
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Urbana
• Pages/Volumes: 262 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : TL789.8.U5
  • DC21 : 387.8/0973
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Astronautics -- Government policy -- United States
  • LCSH : Presidents -- United States
  • LCSH : Executive power -- United States
  • LCSH : Astronautics -- United States -- Public opinion