Overview
- Logsdon has a nearly peerless reputation as a space historian and award-winning author
- Sheds new light on political activity in the Nixon White House, a period that has received little attention from historians of the space program
- Synthesizes an incredible amount of evidence in the form of government archives, institutional and private records, interviews, and personal papers, among others
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology (PSHST)
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Table of contents (18 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Overture
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Reviews
“Logsdon (emer., George Washington Univ.) does a nice job of telling the story of what the US wanted to do in space after project Apollo. … The book includes halftone photographs and bibliographic references in lieu of a formal bibliography. Summing Up: Recommended. Researchers, professionals, general readers.” (J. Z. Kiss, Choice, Vol. 53 (5), January, 2016)
About the author
John M. Logsdon is a world-recognized historian and analyst of space issues. His award winning Palgrave book, John F. Kennedy and the Race to the Moon (2010) received a wide range of positive reviews. Dr. Logsdon is Professor Emeritus at The George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs, and was the founder and long-time Director of GW's Space Policy Institute.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: After Apollo?
Book Subtitle: Richard Nixon and the American Space Program
Authors: John M. Logsdon
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137438546
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s) 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-43852-2Published: 02 April 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-43854-6Published: 02 April 2015
Series ISSN: 2730-972X
Series E-ISSN: 2730-9738
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 356
Topics: History of the Americas, History of Science, Popular Science, general, Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology, Modern History, US History