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Author Sambaluk, Nicholas Michael

Title The Other Space Race : Eisenhower and the Quest for Aerospace Security
Published Annapolis : Naval Institute Press, 2015

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Description 1 online resource (254 pages)
Series Transforming War
Transforming war.
Contents Intro; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Terms and Acronyms; Chronology of Events; 1. "What's a Heaven For?" Setting Security Policy in Space; 2. "Symbol of ... Longing and Hope": Dwight Eisenhower and America, 1952-1956; 3. "What an Impressive Idea!" Conceptualizing the Aerospace Bomber; 4. "Adjacent to the Abyss": Leveraging Crisis to Promote the Aerospace Agenda; 5. "The First of a New Generation": Dyna-Soar Spreads the Air Force's Wings into Aerospace; 6. "The Air Force Must Not Lose Dynasoar": Air Force Reaction to Eisenhower Policy
7. "A Capacity ... Adequate for Our Own U.S. Purposes": Space Security Policymaking in the Eisenhower White House8. "Satellites Are Our Last Chance": Pursuing the Need for Reconnaissance; 9. "Slipping Out of Control": The Struggle to Define Security in 1960; 10. "A Thousand Drawing Boards": Eisenhower's Farewell Warnings; 11. "Equal Attention to Both": John F. Kennedy's Activity in Space; Epilogue and Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author
Summary 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
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Subject Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969.
SUBJECT Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969 fast
Subject Astronautics and state -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Aeronautics and state -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Space race -- History -- 20th century
National security -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Astronautics, Military -- History -- 20th century
Aeronautics and state
Astronautics and state
Astronautics, Military
National security
Space race
United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781612518879
1612518877