northeastbookworm 's review for:

Space Race: The Epic Battle Between America and the Soviet Union for Dominion of Space by Deborah Cadbury

2.0

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With the 40th anniversary of the end of the Apollo program approaching, the past few years have seen a number of books telling the History of the "Space Race". One day someone will write the seminal book on that period of history. This is not that book. It basically contrasts the lives of the two men most associated, in the public's mind, with the Moon race. Both Men are now dead and unable to defend or correct what has been written about them. Given the nature of the times, with regard to de-classified documents and revisionist history, this book makes the argument that Wernher Von Braun could have been guilty of war crimes. As I said, I am waiting for the right person to explore this period of the Cold War. We need to know that facts and have the correct story in detail. A casual re-telling will not do.