The Missile and Space Race
Author:   Alan Levine
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:  

9780275944513


Pages:   256
Publication Date:   30 July 1994
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Alan Levine
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Praeger Publishers Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.551kg
ISBN:  

9780275944513


ISBN 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   Availability explained
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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"

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?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 Information

ALAN 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).

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