RED MOON RISING Sputnik and the Hidden Rivalries That Ignited the Space Age
Published by Henry Holt, New York, 2007
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- Hardcover
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Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Edgewear, top edge on front endpaper is cut ; Goes behind the scenes to describe how the fierce political battles between those on both sides of the Cold War conflict spawned the space race, discussing the implications of the 1957 launch of the Soviet satellite Sputnik in terms of the battle between the two superpowers to put a man on the moon, in a study honoring the fiftieth anniversary of the Sputnik launch.; B&W Photographs; 344 pages.
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- Title
- RED MOON RISING Sputnik and the Hidden Rivalries That Ignited the Space Age
- Author
- Brzezinski, Matthew
- Publisher
- Henry Holt, New York
- Publication year
- 2007
- Dust jacket
- Dust Jacket Included
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 080508147X
- ISBN 13
- 9780805081473
- Edition
- First Edition.
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Gibson's Books
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