The Soviet Sst: The Technopolitics of the Tupolev-144 by Moon, Howard

Crown Publishing Group (NY), 1989. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Crown Publishing Group, The, 1989. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Crown Publishing Group (NY), 1989. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

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Crown, 1989-09-30. Hardcover. Good.

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New York: Orion, 1989. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Very good plus hardcover with similar dustwrapper. First edition. Pages are clean. Illustrated. Small remainder mark on bottom outer edges of pages. Clean cover and dustwrapper. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

New York: Orion Books, 1989. First Edition (stated). Hardcover. Very good/Good. xii, 276 pages. Scuff and marks inside front cover. Contains Foreword, Introduction: Piecing Together the Story, Appendix: TU-144 Production, Notes, Glossary: A Guide to Soviet and Aviation Technical Terms, Sources, Acknowledgments, and Index. Small (3-1/2 inch) sticker "From the library of Carl J. Bobrow" glued inside front free endpaper. Some soiling to rear dust jacket. In this behind the scenes look at the Soviets' effort to develop an SST (supersonic airliner), the author presents the first technical and political analysis of the project, thereby revealing a wealth of information about Soviet values, operating patterns, resource-allocation decisions, and foreign relations between superpowers. The tale ranges from engineering achievements to espionage to almost grotesque bureaucratic infighting. The author also examines the enormous conflict between the Soviets' public worship of science and their real backwardness… Read More