El libro presenta un panorama de las maniobras geopolíticas, las inversiones financieras, las innovaciones tecnológicas y las luchas ideológicas que tienen lugar en el ámbito de la industria de las comunicaciones vía satélite. Se analizan proyectos de satélites sin gran cobertur…
Though satellites are now used by a wide array of entertainment, communications, and information technologies, from radio stations to GPS devices, the business of making, launching, and maintaining satellites is still shrouded in mystery. Down to Earth presents the first compreh…
"James Schwoch presents a unique retelling of the Cold War period by examining the relationship of global television, diplomacy, and new electronic communications media. Beginning with the Allied occupation of Germany in 1946 and ending with the 1969 Apollo moon landing, this bo…
A facet of east-west problems -- A western mind would consider this kind of spectacle as stupid -- The key to many of these countries is not the mud hut population -- A group of angry young intellectuals -- We can give the world a vision of America -- A record of some kind in th…
James Schwoch presents a unique re-telling of the Cold War period by examining the relationship of global television, diplomacy, and new electronic communications media. Beginning with the Allied occupation of Germany in 1946 and ending with the 1969 Apollo moon landing, this bo…
"James Schwoch presents a unique retelling of the Cold War period by examining the relationship of global television, diplomacy, and new electronic communications media. Beginning with the Allied occupation of Germany in 1946 and ending with the 1969 Apollo moon landing, this bo…