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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Choice Review     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Brzezinski, Matthew, 1965-     Subjects     Space race -- United States -- History -- 20th century.     Space race -- Soviet Union -- History -- 20th century.     Cold War.     Sputnik satellites.     United States -- Politics and government -- 1953-1961.     Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1953-1985.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Brzezinski, Matthew, 1965-       by title:      Red moon rising : Sp...       by call number:      629.40947 B916r     Search the Web     Brzezinski, Matthew, 1965-     Space race -- United States -- History -- 20th century.     Space race -- Soviet Union -- History -- 20th century.     Cold War.     Sputnik satellites.     United States -- Politics and government -- 1953-1961.     Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1953-1985.       MARC Display

Red moon rising : Sputnik and the hidden rivalries that ignited the Space Age / Matthew Brzezinski. by Brzezinski, Matthew, 1965- Times Books, c2007. Call #: 629.40947 B916r Subjects Space race -- United States -- History -- 20th century.   Space race -- Soviet Union -- History -- 20th century.   Cold War.   Sputnik satellites.   United States -- Politics and government -- 1953-1961.   Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1953-1985. URL856 Table of contents only URL856 Contributor biographical information URL856 Publisher description ISBN:  9780805081473 (alk. paper) 080508147X (alk. paper) Edition:  1st ed. Description:  322 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-307) and index. Contents:  The request -- Jet power -- Trials and errors -- Tomorrowland -- Desert fires -- Pictures in black and white -- A simple satellite -- By the light of a red moon -- Something for the holidays -- Operation confidence -- Goldstone has the bird. Summary:  The behind-the-scenes story of the fierce battles on earth that launched the superpowers into space. Khrushchev was frustrated at America's U-2 spy plane, which flew too high to be shot down. But Russia's chief rocket designer, had an answer: an artificial satellite that would orbit the earth and cross American skies at will. The launch of Sputnik on October 4, 1957, stunned the world. Sputnik set in motion events that led not only to the moon landing but also to cell phones, federally guaranteed student loans, and the wireless Internet. Journalist Brzezinski takes us inside the Kremlin, the White House, secret military facilities, and the halls of Congress to bring to life the Russians and Americans who feared and distrusted their compatriots as much as their rivals. It is a story rich in the paranoia of the time.--From publisher description. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Bedford Public Library Young Adult Nonfiction 629.40947 B916r Ya Books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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