Spaceflight and the Myth of Presidential Leadership
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- ISBN 9780252066320
- Weight: 399g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 01 Aug 1997
- Publisher: University of Illinois Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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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.
