Robert A. Divine is a Professor of History at the University of Texas, Austin, and is the author of Eisenhower and the Cold War and Blowing on the Wind.

'Robert Divine provides a fascinating look at the early space race, and in particular at Eisenhower's handling of the Sputnik calamity. He vividly recreates the national hysteria over the first two Sputnik launches.'John de la Mothe, University of Ottawa, Nature, Vol 366, 1993

Robert A. Divine is a Professor of History at the University of Texas, Austin, and is the author of Eisenhower and the Cold War and Blowing on the Wind.

'Robert Divine provides a fascinating look at the early space race, and in particular at Eisenhower's handling of the Sputnik calamity. He vividly recreates the national hysteria over the first two Sputnik launches.'John de la Mothe, University of Ottawa, Nature, Vol 366, 1993

Robert A. Divine is a Professor of History at the University of Texas, Austin, and is the author of Eisenhower and the Cold War and Blowing on the Wind.

'Robert Divine provides a fascinating look at the early space race, and in particular at Eisenhower's handling of the Sputnik calamity. He vividly recreates the national hysteria over the first two Sputnik launches.'John de la Mothe, University of Ottawa, Nature, Vol 366, 1993