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New York: Oxford University Press, Date: 1993. 1st Printing. Hardcover in dust jacket. Light shelfwear. Very Good. xviii + 245pp. Eisenhower's response to the Soviet satellite. 1993. Oxford University Press ISBN 0195050088 9780195050080 [US]

Oxford University Press, Date: 1993. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Very good hardcover with turquoise paper and black buckram with metallic green lettering to spine. Dust jacket has toning to the inside edges and minor scuff marks. 8vo. (9.4 x 0.9 x 6.5 inches) Clean text free of marks or underlining. Includes notes and an index. 272 pp. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched a 184-pound metal ball called Sputnik into orbit around the Earth, and America plummeted into a panic. Nuclear weapon Designer Edward Teller claimed that the United States had lost "a battle more important and greater than Pearl Harbor, " and magazine articles appeared with such headlines as "Are We Americans Going Soft?" In the White House, President Eisenhower seemed to do nothing, leading Kennedy in 1960 to proclaim a "missile gap" in the Soviets' favor. Rarely has public perception been so dramatically at odds with reality. In The Sputnik Challenge, Robert Divine provides a fascinating look at Eisenhower's handling of the early space race - a story of public uproar, secret U-2 flights, bungled missile tests, the first spy satellite, political maneuvering, and scientific triumph. He recreates the national hysteria over the first two Sputnik launches, illustrating the anxious handwringing that the Democrats (led by Senate Majority Leader Lyndon Johnson) aggressively played for political gain. Divine takes us to private White House ...

Oxford University Press, Date: 1993-03-25. 1. hardcover. Used: Good. 1993. Oxford University Press ISBN 0195050088 9780195050080 [US]

Oxford University Press, Date: 1993-03-25. 1. hardcover. Used:Good. 1993. Oxford University Press ISBN 0195050088 9780195050080 [US]

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