Spaceflight and the myth of presidential leadership

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Spaceflight and the myth of presidential leadership

edited by Roger D. Launius and Howard E. McCurdy

University of Illinois Press, c1997

  • : pbk

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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

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Volume

ISBN 9780252023361

Description

In Spaceflight and the Myth of Presidential Leadership, ten contributors present compelling arguments and analyses that shed new light on the power and leadership of the nation's presidency and on the space program. Setting the tone for the collection, Roger Launius and Howard McCurdy maintain that the nation's presidency had become imperial by the mid-1970s and that supporters of the space program had grown to find relief in such a presidency, which they believed could help them obtain greater political support and funding. Subsequent chapters explore the roles and political leadership, vis-a-vis government policy, of Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, and Bush.
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: pbk ISBN 9780252066320

Description

Setting the tone for the collection, NASA chief historian Roger D. Launius and Howard McCurdy maintain that the nation's presidency had become imperial by the mid-1970s and that supporters of the space program had grown to find relief in such a presidency, which they believed could help them obtain greater political support and funding. Subsequent chapters explore the roles and political leadership, vis-a-vis government policy, of presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, and Reagan.

Table of Contents

The reluctant racer, Dwight D. Eisenhower and United States space policy / Da Callahan and Fred I. Greenstein -- Kennedy and the decision to go to the moo Michael Beschloss -- Johnson, Project Apollo, and the politics of space prog planning / Robert Dallek -- The presidency, Congress, and the deceleration o 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 -- Presidenti leadership and international aspects of the space program / Robert Ferrell - National leadership and presidential power / John M. Logsdon.

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