The story of the famed race to the Moon between the US and the USSR has been told countless times. The strategies of these two superpowers have often been paralleled in a way that highlights their fight for dominance and efforts to develop needed new technologies. This book will show how beneath these surface similarities, the two competing nations employed very different core tactics. It provides a new perspective of the history of the space race by analyzing that history through philately - that is, from the images on postage stamps, post cards, and letters in circulation at that time. Through this fascinating historical visual record, the author shows how the propaganda-heavy approach of the USSR eventually lost out to the more pragmatic approach of the United States.
| ISBN: | 9783319921525 |
| Publication date: | 12th October 2018 |
| Author: | Umberto Cavallaro |
| Publisher: | Springer an imprint of Springer International Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 338 pages |
| Series: | Springer Praxis Books |
| Genres: |
Astronomy, space and time Historiography History of the Americas History of other geographical groupings and regions Solar system: the Sun and planets Applied physics History |
The story of the famed race to the Moon between the US and the USSR has been told countless times. The strategies of these two superpowers have often been paralleled in a way that highlights their fight for dominance and efforts to develop needed new technologies. This book will show how beneath these surface similarities, the two competing nations employed very different core tactics. It provides a new perspective of the history of the space race by analyzing that history through philately - that is, from the images on postage stamps, post cards, and letters in circulation at that time. Through this fascinating historical visual record, the author shows how the propaganda-heavy approach of the USSR eventually lost out to the more pragmatic approach of the United States.
The Race to the Moon Chronicled in Stamps, Postcards, and Postmarks Space Exploration features in the following genres: Astronomy, space and time, Historiography, History of the Americas, History of other geographical groupings and regions, Solar system: the Sun and planets, Applied physics, History
The Race to the Moon Chronicled in Stamps, Postcards, and Postmarks Space Exploration is available in Paperback
The Race to the Moon Chronicled in Stamps, Postcards, and Postmarks Space Exploration was written by Umberto Cavallaro and published by Springer an imprint of Springer International Publishing
The Race to the Moon Chronicled in Stamps, Postcards, and Postmarks Space Exploration has 338 pages
Yes it is part of Springer Praxis Books series
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