Eisenhower's Sputnik moment : the race for space and world prestige

Author(s)

• Mieczkowski, Yanek

Bibliographic Information

Eisenhower's Sputnik moment : the race for space and world prestige

Yanek Mieczkowski

Cornell University Press, 2013

• hardcover

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-344) and index

Details

• NCID: BB29397406
• ISBN:
  • 9780801451508
• LCCN: 2012029157
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Ithaca
• Pages/Volumes: viii, 358 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : E835
  • DC23 : 973.921092
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : United States -- Politics and government -- 1953-1961
  • LCSH : Artificial satellites, Russian -- Political aspects -- United States
  • LCSH : Sputnik satellites -- History
  • LCSH : Astronautics and state -- United States -- History
  • LCSH : Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969