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

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Synopsis
This highly acclaimed study approaches the space race as a problem in comparative public policy. Drawing on published literature, archival sources in both the United States and Europe, interviews with many of the key participants, and important declassified material, such as the National Security Council's first policy paper on space, McDougall examines U.S., European, and Soviet space programs and their politics. Opening with a short account of Nikolai Kibalchich, a late nineteenth-century Russian rocketry theoretician, McDougall argues that the Soviet Union made its way into space first because it was the world's first "technocracy"―which he defines as "the institutionalization of technological change for state purpose." He also explores the growth of a political economy of technology in both the Soviet Union and the United States.

Pulitzer Prize Winner

Copyright:
1985

Book Details

Book Quality:
Excellent
Book Size:
535 Pages
Publisher:
N/A
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Basic Books, Inc.
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Science, Technology, Politics and Government
Submitted By:
Dr. Kenneth Cross
Proofread By:
Noel Romey
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.

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