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The Sputnik Challenge
by Divine, Robert A
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- first
- Condition
- very good, very good
- ISBN 10
- 0195050088
- ISBN 13
- 9780195050080
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About This Item
New York: Oxford University Press, 1993. First Printing. very good, very good. 245, tables, notes, index, DJ in plastic sleeve. President Eisenhower's handling of the early space race. The author concludes that Eisenhower possessed keen strategic vision and a sure sense of budgetary priorities, but ultimately he flunked a crucial test of leadership when he failed to reassure the frightened public that their fears were groundless.
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- Bookseller
- Ground Zero Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 56581
- Title
- The Sputnik Challenge
- Author
- Divine, Robert A
- Book Condition
- Used - very good, very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0195050088
- ISBN 13
- 9780195050080
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1993
- Keywords
- Sputnik, Dwight Eisenhower, NASA, Space Race, Cold War, Soviet Union, Atlas Rocket, Jupiter Missile, Polaris Missile
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