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American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race, by Douglas Brinkley
€10.00
Quay Books
On May 25, 1961, JFK made an astonishing announcement: his goal of putting a man on the moon by the end of the decade.
In this engrossing, fast-paced epic, Douglas Brinkley returns to the 1960s to recreate one of the most exciting and ambitious achievements in the history of humankind.
Drawing on new primary source material and major interviews with many of the surviving figures who were key to America’s success, Brinkley brings this fascinating history to life as never before. American Moonshot is a portrait of the brilliant men and women who made this giant leap possible, the technology that enabled us to propel men beyond earth’s orbit to the moon and return them safely, and the geopolitical tensions that spurred Kennedy to commit himself fully to this audacious dream.
A vivid and enthralling chronicle of one of the most thrilling, hopeful, and turbulent eras in the nation’s history, American Moonshot is an homage to scientific ingenuity, human curiosity, and the boundless American spirit.
“American Moonshot [is]…the best new study of the American mission to space, rich in research and revelation” - The New York Times Book Review
“Compelling and comprehensive” - Washington Post
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