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Soviets in space / Colin Turbett.
Van Pelt Library TL789.8.R8 T87 2021
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Turbett, Colin, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Astronautics--Soviet Union.
- Astronautics.
- Soviet Union.
- Astronautics--Soviet Union--Pictorial works.
- Genre:
- Pictorial works.
- Illustrated works.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 206 pages : illustrations (black & white) ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Barnsley : Pen & Sword History, 2021.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 One for All and All for One: The Citizen in Soviet Society
- ch. 2 The Phoenix that Rose from the Ashes of War: The Origins of the Soviet Space Programme
- ch. 3 Defending the USSR: The Onset of the Cold War and the Arms Race
- ch. 4 First Steps to the Stars: Sputniks and Canine Scouts, 1956-1960
- ch. 5 Workers in Space: The First Cosmonauts, 1961-1964
- ch. 6 Selling the Dream
- ch. 7 The Race to the Moon: Failure and Retreat
- ch. 8 Building Communism on Earth: The Virgin Lands Campaign and the Baikal-Amur Railway
- ch. 9 The End of the Soviet Dream
- Appendix
- Leading Characters.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the John G. Hartman Memorial Library Fund.
- Other Format:
- Electronic version: Turbett, Colin. Soviets in space.
- ISBN:
- 9781399004862
- 1399004867
- OCLC:
- 1260819674
- Publisher Number:
- 99990436485
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