Summary of Mark K. Updegrove's Incomparable Grace

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 Eisenhower was very popular with Americans when he took office in 1953. But in his second term, the Soviets shocked the world by launching Sputnik in 1957, and the Americans struggled to catch up in the space race. In 1960, the Soviets shot down American U-2 spy plane pilot Francis Gary Powers on a covert CIA mission to photograph Soviet missile installations. #2 Eisenhower had grappled cautiously with the bur