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OverviewHere is a history of the development of military missiles and space travel from World War II to the American visits to the Moon in 1969-1972. It stresses the relationship between the early stages of space exploration and the arms race, and that a dual path led to space flight. One was the development of unmanned long-range war rockets, the other, less often noted, was the rocket-powered research plane. The first path led through the intercontinental ballistic missile to the first artificial satellites and space capsule; the latter, more uniquely American, through the X-series and Skyrocket rocket planes to the X-15, and ultimately to the Space Shuttle. The early part of the book focuses on the Soviet-American race to develop the ICBM in the 1950s, and the first satellites, with particular attention paid to the events and reactions that followed the flight of Sputnik I in 1957 and the subsequent missile gap era. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Alan LevinePublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Imprint: Praeger Publishers Inc Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.551kg ISBN: 9780275944513ISBN 10: 0275944514 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 30 July 1994 Recommended Age: From 7 to 17 years Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of Contents"Preface Prelude and Background to the Development of Rocketry and Space Travel The Immediate Postwar Era: Abortive Progress and Hiatus 1945-1950 The Race for the ICBM Space Exploration and Satellites in the 1950s Sputnik and its Consequences, 1957-1958 The ""Missile Gap"" and After The Space Race, 1958-1960 Humans in Orbit and Interplanetary Probes, 1961-1966 The Other Road--Wings toward Space The Road Not Taken--Nuclear Propulsion To the Moon Bibliography Index"Reviews?Written in an engaging and easy style by a well-read historian, it is a superb, engaging critique of both the stunning success and the administrative failures in direction and ultimate purpose in the space and missile programs. Levine pulls no punches in his descriptions of the leaders and his critiques of the decisions made in those years. There are interesting and provocative analyses that mince no words. Highly recommended. All levels.?-Choice Written in an engaging and easy style by a well-read historian, it is a superb, engaging critique of both the stunning success and the administrative failures in direction and ultimate purpose in the space and missile programs. Levine pulls no punches in his descriptions of the leaders and his critiques of the decisions made in those years. There are interesting and provocative analyses that mince no words. Highly recommended. All levels. -Choice ?Written in an engaging and easy style by a well-read historian, it is a superb, engaging critique of both the stunning success and the administrative failures in direction and ultimate purpose in the space and missile programs. Levine pulls no punches in his descriptions of the leaders and his critiques of the decisions made in those years. There are interesting and provocative analyses that mince no words. Highly recommended. All levels.?-Choice Author InformationALAN J. LEVINE is a historian specializing in Russian history, international relations, and World War II. He has published numerous articles about World War II and the Cold War and is author of The Soviet Union, The Communist Movement and The World: Prelude to the Cold War (Praeger, 1990) and The Strategic Bombing of Germany, 1940-1945 (Praeger, 1992). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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