Race to the Moon: America's Duel with the Soviets Capa dura - 1993
por William B. Breuer
Descrição da contracapa
Race to the Moon is a suspenseful thriller about the 30-year clash between the United States and the Soviet Union to be the first to put a man on the moon. This true account is heavy with intrigue, espionage, and controversy. Beginning with a 1961 pledge by President John F. Kennedy to plant the Stars and Stripes on the lunar surface by the end of the decade, the story flashes back to the first days of World War II. At that time, England was tipped off by a high Nazi official that the Third Reich was developing revolutionary long-range rockets. This same source clandestinely provided documents that shocked British scientists: The Germans were 25 years ahead of England and the United States in rocket development! And then, in September 1944, 60-foot-long V-2 rockets, for which there was no defense, began raining down on London, causing enormous destruction and loss of life. Even while the fighting was still raging in Germany in the spring of 1945, a handful of young U.S. Army officers scored a colossal coup: They connived to steal 100 of the huge V-2s that had been found in an underground factory. They were dismantled and slipped by train out of Germany, destination White Sands, New Mexico. Then began a no-holds-barred search for German rocket scientists in the chaos of a defeated Third Reich, with the Americans and British on one side and the Russians on the other. Within weeks of the close of the war, Wernher von Braun and 126 of his rocket team members were corralled, shipped to the United States, and began working secretly on missile development. At the same time, the Soviets literally kidnapped other German rocket scientists and sent them to Russia to continue their space work. Inthe years ahead, Wernher von Braun and his German rocket team, nearly all of whom became naturalized citizens of the United States, collaborated with American scientists to overcome enormous space achievements by the Soviets - and bungling by Washington politicians - to send Neil Armstrong scampering about on the moon in 1969.
Detalhes
- Título Race to the Moon: America's Duel with the Soviets
- Autor William B. Breuer
- Encadernação Capa dura
- Edição First Edition
- Páginas 232
- Volumes 1
- Idioma ENG
- Editorial Praeger, Westport, Connecticut
- Data de publicação 1993-07-27
- Features Bibliography, Dust Cover
- ISBN 9780275944810 / 0275944816
- Peso 1.28 libras (0.58 kg)
- Dimensão 9.54 x 6.28 x 1.08 in. (24.23 x 15.95 x 2.74 cm)
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Temas
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Library of Congress subjects Project Apollo (U.S.), Space flight to the moon - History
- Número da Biblioteca do Congresso dos Estados Unidos 92031849
- Dewey Decimal Code 629.454
Revisões da mídia
Citações
- Booklist, 10/01/1993, Page 232
- Library Journal, 09/15/1993, Page 0
- Publishers Weekly, 08/30/1993, Page 0
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