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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Yanek MieczkowskiPublisher: Cornell University Press Imprint: Cornell University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.907kg ISBN: 9780801451508ISBN 10: 0801451507 Pages: 368 Publication Date: 12 March 2013 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Language: English Table of Contents"Introduction Part One: Sputnik 1. What Was the Sputnik ""Panic""? 2. ""The Most Fateful Decision of His Presidency"" 3. Eisenhower's Reaction to Sputnik 4. Eisenhower's Principles Part Two: Setbacks 5. Cheerleader-in-Chief 6. ""Gloom, Gloom, Gloom"" 7. Space Highs, Economic Lows 8. Eisenhower's Rival 9. ""Radical Moves"" 10. Order from Chaos 11. Defeat and a SCORE 12. Priorities and Prestige Part Three: Space 13. Satellites, Saturn, Spacemen 14. Voyages, Mirages, Images 15. Space, Prestige, and the 1960 Race 16. Eisenhower versus Kennedy Conclusion Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index"Reviews<p> Mieczkowski deftly explodes the myth of an alleged 'missile gap' between the Soviet Union and the US. He overturns as well equally fallacious perceptions that the US lagged behind the Soviet Union in the technology of launch vehicles, intercontinental missiles, and Earth satellites. Readers will gain a much-needed appreciation of how Eisenhower and his military-civilian-academic team planned and built the administrative and technical infrastructure enabling the US to enter the space age. Mieczkowski's book is thoroughly rooted in primary sources and numerous memoirs, and extends earlier scholarship by space historians R. Cargill Hall, Roger Launius, and Walter McDougall. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Choice (1 August 2013) <p> Yanek Mieczkowski's new book helps greatly to clear away the deep weeds of political rhetoric and posturing about Sputnik in the early Cold War years, enabling the reader to understand fully the moment, President Eisenhower's response to it, and the consequences of his response. In my documentary on Eisenhower's Cold War leadership (Ike: Building Weapons, Talking Peace), I let Mieczkowski and his excellent research tell the real story behind Sputnik's apparent scientific and political 'triumphs' for the Soviet Union in the race for control of the heavens and superiority in the Cold War. George A. Colburn, writer and producer of Eisenhower's Secret War <p> Yanek Mieczkowski's new book helps greatly to clear away the deep weeds of political rhetoric and posturing about Sputnik in the early Cold War years, enabling the reader to understand fully the moment, President Eisenhower's response to it, and the consequences of his response. In my documentary on Eisenhower's Cold War leadership (Ike: Building Weapons, Talking Peace), I let Mieczkowski and his excellent research tell the real story behind Sputnik's apparent scientific and political 'triumphs' for the Soviet Union in the race for control of the heavens and superiority in the Cold War. -George A. Colburn, writer and producer of Eisenhower's Secret War Author InformationYanek Mieczkowski is Professor of History at Dowling College. He is the author of Gerald Ford and the Challenges of the 1970s and The Routledge Historical Atlas of Presidential Elections. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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