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Mercury Rising: John Glenn, John Kennedy, and the New Battleground of the Cold War

byJeff Shesol

Jeff Shesol uses Mercury Rising to investigate john Glenn, John Kennedy, and the New Battleground of the Cold War through a carefully framed historical account. The narrative identifies the people, decisions, and pressures that shaped the subject, then places those developments within the connected fields of history and science. Attention to evidence keeps the discussion anchored while allowing disagreement, uncertainty, and unintended consequences to remain visible. Readers finish with a sharper understanding of the subject and why its consequences still deserve attention.

Publisher

W. W. Norton & Company

Publication date

Jun 01, 2021

Format

Print edition

Pages

416

ISBN

9781324003243