...the Heavens and the Earth : A Political History of the Space Age
Editorial Reviews
Review
"Exhaustively researched, brilliantly conceived, and beautifully written." -- New York Times Book Review
"A lucid and comprehensive political history of the American, European, and Russian space programs." -- New Scientist
"Once every decade or so, a book comes along that stands by itself as a remarkable contribution to the literature of a field. Such a work is Walter A. McDougall's... the Heavens and the Earth." -- Technology and Culture
"[A] boldly conceived, elegantly written, and unfailingly provocative history of the new age of space." -- Science
"This highly acclaimed study approaches the space race as a problem in comparative public policy." -- The Astronomical Society of the Pacific
"[An] immensely readable and elegant book." -- Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Review
"The definitive, surprising and highly readable history of the U.S. space program. Forget visionary rhetoric about humans' need to explore the next frontier: McDougal demonstrates how NASA's moon missions grew directly from Hitler's V-2 rocket project at Pennemunde and were all about the classic military necessity of controlling the high ground -- in this case the really high ground... [One of] the five best books I have read about the U.S. space program." -- Mark Bowden, author of Black Hawk Down
...the Heavens and the Earth : A Political History of the Space Age
...the Heavens and the Earth: A Political History of the Space Age,Walter A. McDougall,The Johns Hopkins University Press,0801857481,Aeronautics & Astronautics,Astronautics,Astronautics and state,History,History & Theory - General,History - General History,Politics/International Relations,Soviet Union,Space Policy,Technology,United States,Aerospace & aviation technology,Astronomy, Space & Time,Central government policies,Europe,Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe),History / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA),History of engineering & technology,History of science,International relations,Political economy,USA,World history: from c 1900 -
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