Spaceflight and the Myth of Presidential Leadership
University of Illinois Press, 1997
Paper: 978-0-252-06632-0
Library of Congress Classification TL789.8.U5S64 1997
Dewey Decimal Classification 387.80973
Paper: 978-0-252-06632-0
Library of Congress Classification TL789.8.U5S64 1997
Dewey Decimal Classification 387.80973
ABOUT THIS BOOK
ABOUT THIS BOOK
Setting the tone for the collection,
NASA chief historian Roger D. Launius and Howard McCurdy maintain that
the nation's presidency had become imperial by the mid-1970s and that
supporters of the space program had grown to find relief in such a presidency,
which they believed could help them obtain greater political support and
funding. Subsequent chapters explore the roles and political leadership,
vis-à-vis government policy, of presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy,
Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, and Reagan.
Setting the tone for the collection,
NASA chief historian Roger D. Launius and Howard McCurdy maintain that
the nation's presidency had become imperial by the mid-1970s and that
supporters of the space program had grown to find relief in such a presidency,
which they believed could help them obtain greater political support and
funding. Subsequent chapters explore the roles and political leadership,
vis-à-vis government policy, of presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy,
Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, and Reagan.
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