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John F. Kennedy and the Race to the Moon

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Description for John F. Kennedy and the Race to the Moon Paperback. While there are many biographies of JFK and accounts of the early years of US space efforts, this book uses primary source material and interviews with key participants to provide a comprehensive account of how the actions taken by JFK's administration have shaped the course of the US space program over the last 45 years. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology. Num Pages: 304 pages, biography. BIC Classification: TRP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 482.
While there are many biographies of JFK and accounts of the early years of US space efforts, this book uses primary source material and interviews with key participants to provide a comprehensive account of how the actions taken by JFK's administration have shaped the course of the US space program over the last 45 years.

Product Details

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
308
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Series
Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology
Condition
New
Number of Pages
292
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137346490
SKU
V9781137346490
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About J. Logsdon
John M. Logsdon is Professor Emeritus of Political Science and International Affairs at The Space Policy Institute, Elliott School of International Affairs, The George Washington University, USA. The author of The Decision to Go to the Moon: Project Apollo and the National Interest, he appears frequently in major print and broadcast media as a commentator on American space policy.

Reviews for John F. Kennedy and the Race to the Moon
'Echoes of this time lift off the pages of John F. Kennedy and the Race to the Moon, a new book by John M. Logsdon, a political scientist and longtime space policy specialist at George Washington University. He has drawn on new research in archives, oral histories and memoirs available in recent years to shed new light on the moon ... Read more

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