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The Sputniks Crisis and Early United States Space Policy: A Critique of the Historiography of Space: Studies in Military and Strategic History

Autor Rip Bulkeley
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 1991
An examination of American space policy in the 12 years after World War II and in particular of the reaction provoked by the launching of the first Sputnik satellite in 1957. In the author's opinion the truth of what occurred in this period has been clouded by confusion and misinformation.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781349119837
ISBN-10: 1349119830
Pagini: 286
Ilustrații: XVII, 286 p.
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.39 kg
Ediția:1st ed. 1991
Editura: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Colecția Palgrave Macmillan
Seria Studies in Military and Strategic History

Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Cuprins

Part 1 Crisis: a devastating blow; "Ad Homines" - Eisenhower and Johnson before 1957. Part 2 Truman: advice on missiles for Truman; advice on space for Truman; intelligence for Truman; the Truman space policy. Part 3 International geophysical year: proposing satellites for the IGY; satellites in the IGY. Part 4 Eisenhower: advice for Eisenhower; intelligence for Eisenhower; Eisenhower's early space policy. Part 5 Judgements: post mortem; versions of events.