Table of Contents

The reluctant racer, Dwight D. Eisenhower and United States space policy / Da Callahan and Fred I. Greenstein -- Kennedy and the decision to go to the moo Michael Beschloss -- Johnson, Project Apollo, and the politics of space prog planning / Robert Dallek -- The presidency, Congress, and the deceleration o the U.S. space program in the 1970s / Joan Hoff -- Politics not science, the U.S. space program in the Reagan and Bush years / Lyn Ragsdale -- Presidenti leadership and international aspects of the space program / Robert Ferrell - National leadership and presidential power / John M. Logsdon.

Reviews

"This well-written and well-documented book provides a good overview on the development of space policies during the past decades. As a concise history of manned spaceflight it is useful for everyone interested in this intriguing web of politics, the presidency, and space policy." -- Andreas Reichstein, The Journal of American History