Sputnik and 'skill thinking' revisited: Technological determinism in American responses to the Soviet missile threat

Cold War History

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 55-75

  Peoples, Columba ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 57749140321     PISSN: 14682745     EISSN: 17437962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14682740701791334     Document Type: Article

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