Spaceflight and the Myth of Presidential Leadership
edited by Roger D Launius and Howard E McCurdy
contributions by John M. Logsdon, Michael R. Beschloss, Robert Dallek, Joan Hoff, Lyn Ragsdale and Robert H. Ferrell
epilogue by Roger D. Launius and Howard E McCurdy
introduction by Roger D. Launius and Howard E McCurdy
University of Illinois Press, 1997
Cloth: 978-0-252-02336-1 | Paper: 978-0-252-06632-0
Library of Congress Classification TL789.8.U5S64 1997
Dewey Decimal Classification 387.80973
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.
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