The Heavens and the Earth: A Political History of the Space Age (Revised)
Walter A. McDougall
(Author)
Description
Drawing on published literature, archival sources in both the United States and Europe, interviews with key participants, and important declassified material, McDougall presents the stories of the U.S., European, and Soviet space programs as fascinating examples of comparative public policy. McDougall argues that the Soviet Union made its way into space first because it employed the world's first "technocracy." Discussing the political leadership of Khrushchev, Eiscuhower, Kennedy, and Johnson, he makes clear why the United States quickly developed its own version of state-driven technology, how it succeeded, and what it cost - materially and morally.Product Details
Price
$54.05
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publish Date
October 24, 1997
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
--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
