Space race : the epic battle between America and the Soviet Union for dominion of space
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- ISBN: 0060845538
- ISBN: 9780060845537
- Physical Description xii, 370 pages : illustrations (some color)
- Edition 1st U.S. ed.
- Publisher New York : HarperCollins, 2006.
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| General Note: | Originally published: London : Fourth Estate, 2005. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-352) and index. |
| Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 32.95 |
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Space Race : The Epic Battle Between America and the Soviet Union for Dominion of Space
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Table of Contents
Space Race : The Epic Battle Between America and the Soviet Union for Dominion of Space
| Section | Section Description | Page Number |
|---|---|---|
| List of Illustrations | p. vii | |
| Prologue | p. ix | |
| Part 1 | The Race for Secrets | |
| 1 | "The Black List" | p. 3 |
| 2 | "The Germans Have Set Up a Giant Grill" | p. 24 |
| 3 | "Kill Those German Swine" | p. 37 |
| 4 | "First of All, to the Moon" | p. 49 |
| Part 2 | The Race for Supremacy | |
| 5 | "We've Got the Wrong Germans" | p. 65 |
| 6 | "I Am Not Guilty" | p. 77 |
| 7 | "Get Dressed. You Have One Hour" | p. 94 |
| 8 | "Did You Understand About the Warrant?" | p. 110 |
| Part 3 | The Race to Space | |
| 9 | "A Second Moon" | p. 131 |
| 10 | "Close to the Greatest Dream of Mankind" | p. 153 |
| 11 | "A Race for Survival" | p. 166 |
| Part 4 | The Race to Orbit | |
| 12 | "America Sleeps Under a Soviet Moon" | p. 179 |
| 13 | "Show Us What You Can Do" | p. 193 |
| 14 | "Why Aren't You Dead?" | p. 206 |
| 15 | "Who Should Be Sent to Die?" | p. 227 |
| Part 5 | The Race for the Moon | |
| 16 | "The Soviets Are Winning" | p. 253 |
| 17 | "Friends, Before Us Is the Moon" | p. 268 |
| 18 | "I Just Need Another Ten Years" | p. 287 |
| 19 | "We're Burning Up!" | p. 297 |
| 20 | "Go, Baby, Go!" | p. 310 |
| 21 | "One Small Step" | p. 325 |
| Epilogue | p. 335 | |
| Bibliography | p. 341 | |
| Acknowledgments | p. 353 | |
| Index | p. 355 |
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