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

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

If the United States couldn't catch up to the Soviets in space, how could it compete with...
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Mercury Rising: John Glenn, John Kennedy, and the New Battleground of the Cold War by Shesol, Jeff

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

$42.93
Mercury Rising: John Glenn, John Kennedy, and the New Battleground of the Cold War by Shesol, Jeff

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

$42.93
Author: Jeff Shesol
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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If the United States couldn't catch up to the Soviets in space, how could it compete with them on Earth? That was the question facing John F. Kennedy at the height of the Cold War--a perilous time when the Soviet Union built the wall in Berlin, tested nuclear bombs more destructive than any in history, and beat the United States to every major milestone in space. The race to the heavens seemed a race for survival--and America was losing.

On February 20, 1962, when John Glenn blasted into orbit aboard Friendship 7, his mission was not only to circle the planet; it was to calm the fears of the free world and renew America's sense of self-belief. Mercury Rising re-creates the tension and excitement of a flight that shifted the momentum of the space race and put the United States on the path to the moon. Drawing on new archival sources, personal interviews, and previously unpublished notes by Glenn himself, Mercury Rising reveals how the astronaut's heroics lifted the nation's hopes in what Kennedy called the "hour of maximum danger."



Author: Jeff Shesol
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 06/07/2022
Pages: 432
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.14lbs
Size: 8.21h x 5.47w x 0.96d
ISBN: 9781324022114

About the Author
Shesol, Jeff: - Jeff Shesol is the author of Supreme Power and Mutual Contempt, both selected as New York Times Notable Books of the Year. He is a former speechwriter for President Bill Clinton and is a founding partner of West Wing Writers.
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