The Race for Space and World Prestige
by
Yanek Mieczkowski
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
In a critical Cold War moment, Dwight D. Eisenhower’s presidency suddenly changed when the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, the world’s first satellite. What Ike called "a small ball" became a source of Russian pride and propaganda, and it wounded him politically, as critics charged that he responded...