Books published by University of Nebraska Press

Illuminates the career of Theodore E. White and his lasting contribution to a field that has largely ignored him in its history. R. Lee Lyman works to fill gaps in the historical record and revisits some of White's analytical innovations from a modern perspective.

Near the end of the Apollo 15 mission, David Scott and fellow moonwalker James Irwin placed on the lunar soil a small tin figurine called "The Fallen Astronaut". By telling the stories of the sixteen astronauts and cosmonauts who died in the quest to reach the moon between 1962 and 1972, this book conveys the human cost of the space race.

Tackles the struggles and success of American football in France and discusses how, unlike baseball and basketball, football has never been an overt instrument of American cultural influence. Russ Crawford keeps the chains moving as he shows how the modern, homegrown sport developed out of the American military complex and into a small but successful organisation.

This study of three prominent U.S. cities-Milwaukee, Portland, and Minneapolis-examines how the burgeoning popularity of urban bicycling is trailed by systemic issues of racism, classism, and displacement.

An early and largely unknown chapter of Bruce Lee's career anchors this in-depth chronicle of the trailblazing martial arts scene on San Francisco Bay during the early 1960s.

Examines the birth of space-based reconnaissance not from the perspective of CORONA (the first photo reconnaissancesatellite to fly) but rather from that of the WS-117L. Robert M. Dienesch's revised assessment places WS-117L within the larger context of Dwight D. Eisenhower's presidency, focusing on the dynamic between military and civilian leadership.

Explores a critical period of space history when humans dared an expansive leap into the inner solar system. With an irreverent and engaging style, Jay Gallentine conveys the trials and triumphs of the people on the ground who conceived and engineered the missions that put robotic spacecraft on the heavenly bodies nearest our own.