Eisenhower's Sputnik moment (Record no. 180987)
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| fixed length control field | 01985nam a2200373 a 4500 |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 973.921092 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Mieczkowski, Yanek. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Eisenhower's Sputnik moment |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | Ithaca : |
| Name of publisher | Cornell University Press, |
| Year of publication | 2013. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | viii, 358 p. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | 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. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Artificial satellites, Russian |
| Topical Term | Sputnik satellites |
| Topical Term | Astronautics and state |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10656287 |
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