Indeed there is reason to suspect that the real purpose in using them was less to force a Japanese defeat than to warn the Soviet Union to be amenable to American wishes in the construction of the ...

Why being first to return to the moon matters.

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Since the introduction of reform and opening-up in 1978, China has modernized and engaged with the outside world without ...

More recently, his work has gravitated into global directions — including South Asia and Africa ... first book on the history of the Soviet space program, which covers everything from its beginnings ...

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