| The Sputniks Crisis and Early United States Space Policy: A Critique of the Historiography of Space 1991 Edition Contributor(s): Bulkeley, Rip (Author) |
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ISBN: 1349119830 ISBN-13: 9781349119837 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1991 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Real Estate - General - Science | Physics - Astrophysics - Political Science | International Relations - General |
| Dewey: 333.940 |
| Series: Studies in Military and Strategic History |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.86 lbs) 286 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: An examination of American space policy in the 12 years after World War II and in particular of the reaction provoked by the launching of the first Sputnik satellite in 1957. In the author's opinion the truth of what occurred in this period has been clouded by confusion and misinformation. |