John F. Kennedy and the Missile Gap

by Christopher A. Preble

John F. Kennedy owed his victorious bid for the presidency--as well as his success in reversing former president Dwight D. Eisenhower's military and economic policies while in office--largely to his ability to exploit fears of an alleged Soviet strategic superiority, famously known as the missile gap. Capitalizing on American alarms about national security, within months after his inauguration, he won Congressional authorization for two supplemental...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0875803326
• ISBN13: 9780875803326
• Release Date: November 2004
• Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher