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"On the fiftieth anniversary of the first lunar landing, acclaimed historian Douglas Brinkley takes a fresh look at the American space program, President John F. Kennedy's inspiring challenge, and the race to the moon. Just months after being elected President of the United States, John F. Kennedy made an astonishing announcement to the nation: we would put a man on the moon by the end of the decade. In this engrossing epic of contemporary history,...
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Benchmark Books/Marshall Cavendish
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c2005
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Describes, through excerpts from diaries, speeches, newspaper articles, and other documents of the time, the Vietnam War and related events that occurred in the United States during the 1960's, including the women's movement, the struggle for civil rights, and the generation gap. Includes review questions.
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