American Moonshot John F Kennedy And The Great Space Race

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American moonshot john f kennedy and the great space race. At the center of this story is kennedy himself. Kennedy and the great space race brinkley s story is a gripping one. By douglas brinkley author 4 8 out of 5 stars 8 ratings.

Kennedy and the great space race with pulitzer prize winning author and harvard professor of history fredrik logevall. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things not because. Praise for american moonshot.

Award winning author and rice university professor of history douglas brinkley discusses his new book american moonshot. As the 50th anniversary of the first lunar landing approaches the award winning historian and perennial new york times best selling author takes a fresh look at the space program president john f. Kennedy and the great space race paperback illustrated april 2 2019.

American moonshot is a portrait of the brilliant men and women who made this giant leap possible the technology that enabled them to propel men beyond earth s orbit to the moon and return them safely and the geopolitical tensions that ignited kennedy s audacious dream. A vivid and enthralling chronicle of one of the most thrilling hopeful and turbulent eras in the nation s history american moonshot is an homage to scientific ingenuity human curiosity and the boundless american spirit. When kennedy became president he articulated a visionary strategy to leapfrog the soviets to assert space leadership writes douglas brinkley in his new book american moonshot.

Kennedy in its initiation and promotion. More presidential history than scientific it illustrates the central role that the space program played in the cold war. His reconstruction of jfk s bold commitment to space exploration and the heroic efforts of the men who made the moonshot a reality reminds us that america was and can be again a great principled nation that leads the world on to new frontiers robert dallek author of franklin d.

America s moonshot is a contemporary look back at the race to the moon of the 1960s with the focus on the role of president john f. A 2020 audie awards winner history biography. American moonshot brings together the extraordinary political cultural and scientific factors that fueled the birth and development of nasa and the mercury gemini and apollo projects which shot the united states to victory in the space race against the soviet union at the height of the cold war.