Mieczkowski, Yanek.
Eisenhower's Sputnik moment the race for space and world prestige / [electronic resource] : Yanek Mieczkowski. - Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2013. - viii, 358 p.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
What was the Sputnik "panic"? -- The most fateful decision of his presidency? -- Eisenhower's reaction to Sputnik -- Space and Eisenhower's principles -- Cheerleader-in-chief -- Gloom, gloom, gloom -- High in space, low on earth -- Eisenhower's rival -- Radical moves -- Order from chaos -- Defeat and a score -- Priorities versus prestige -- Satellites, Saturn, spacemen -- Voyages, images, mirages -- Space and prestige in the 1960 race -- Eisenhower versus Kennedy.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Eisenhower, Dwight D. 1890-1969.
Artificial satellites, Russian--Political aspects--United States.
Sputnik satellites--History.
Astronautics and state--History.--United States
United States--Politics and government--1953-1961.
Electronic books.
E835 / .M47 2013eb
973.921092
Eisenhower's Sputnik moment the race for space and world prestige / [electronic resource] : Yanek Mieczkowski. - Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2013. - viii, 358 p.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
What was the Sputnik "panic"? -- The most fateful decision of his presidency? -- Eisenhower's reaction to Sputnik -- Space and Eisenhower's principles -- Cheerleader-in-chief -- Gloom, gloom, gloom -- High in space, low on earth -- Eisenhower's rival -- Radical moves -- Order from chaos -- Defeat and a score -- Priorities versus prestige -- Satellites, Saturn, spacemen -- Voyages, images, mirages -- Space and prestige in the 1960 race -- Eisenhower versus Kennedy.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Eisenhower, Dwight D. 1890-1969.
Artificial satellites, Russian--Political aspects--United States.
Sputnik satellites--History.
Astronautics and state--History.--United States
United States--Politics and government--1953-1961.
Electronic books.
E835 / .M47 2013eb
973.921092