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The Other Space Race - Eisenhower and the Quest for Aerospace Security (Hardcover)
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The Other Space Race - Eisenhower and the Quest for Aerospace Security (Hardcover)
Series: Transforming War
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The Other Space Race is a unique look at the early U.S. space
program and how it both shaped and was shaped by politics during
the Cold War. Eisenhower's ""New Look"" expanded the role of the
Air Force in national security, and ultimately allowed ambitious
aerospace projects, namely the ""Dyna-Soar,"" a bomber equipped
with nuclear weapons that would operate in space. Eisenhower's
space policy was purely practical, creating a strong deterrent
against the use of nuclear arms against the United States. With the
Soviet launch of Sputnik in 1957, the political climate changed,
and space travel became part of the United States' national
discourse. Sambaluk explores what followed, including the scuttling
of the ""Dyna-Soar"" program and the transition from Eisenhower's
space policy to John Kennedy's. This well-argued, well-researched
book gives much needed perspective on the Cold War's influence on
space travel and it's relation to the formation of public policy.
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