The Heavens and the Earth: A Political History of the Space Age (Revised)

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Price
$54.05
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publish Date
Pages
584
Dimensions
6.1 X 9.2 X 1.6 inches | 1.95 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780801857485

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About the Author

Walter A. McDougall is Alloy-Ansin Professor of International Relations at the University of Pennsylvania, and editor of Orbis: A Journal of World Affairs. He is also author of France's Rhineland Diplomacy, 1914-1942: The Last Bid for a Balance of Power in Europe.

Reviews

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"