Mercury Rising: John Glenn Kennedy And The New Battleground Of Cold War Jeff Shesol Ww Norton Co Αγγλικά Βιβλία Fiction Theatre

If The United States Couldn’t Catch Up To Soviets In Space How Could It Compete With Them On Earth? That Was Question Facing John F Kennedy At Height Of Cold War—A Perilous Time When Soviet Union Built Wall Berlin Tested Nuclear Bombs More Destructive Than Any History And Beat Every Major Milestone Race Heavens Seemed A For Survival—And America Losing February 20 1962 Glenn Blasted Into Orbit Aboard Friendship 7 His Mission Not Only Circle Planet Calm Fears Free World Renew America’s Sense Self-Belief Mercury Rising Re-Creates Tension Excitement Flight Shifted Momentum Put Path Moon Drawing New Archival Sources Personal Interviews Previously Unpublished Notes By Himself Reveals Astronaut’s Heroics Lifted Nation’s Hopes What Called \ Hour Maximum Danger Σελίδες: 416 Διαστάσεις: 16 3X16 3Cm