Reviews
"The Man Who Sold the Moon is lucidly written, well presented, has a comprehensive reference list and bibliography, and is definitely worth reading." Isis, "Excellent pictures, end notes, lengthy bibliography, and index....a fine new piece about the space scientist's contribution."- Society for German American Studies, "[T]his biography makes a convincing case that [von Braun] was also a war criminal, his past sanitized for expediency. The book may provoke moral outrage and a reassessment of the history of America's space program, launched with the help of 118 German rocket scientists brought here from Hitler's Third Reich."- Publishers Weekly, "Excellent pictures, end notes, lengthy bibliography, and index....a fine new piece about the space scientist's contribution." Society for German American Studies, "[T]his biography makes a convincing case that [von Braun] was also a war criminal, his past sanitized for expediency. The book may provoke moral outrage and a reassessment of the history of America's space program, launched with the help of 118 German rocket scientists brought here from Hitler's Third Reich." Publishers Weekly, "Piskiewicz does a very good job in exploring the American, Russian, and German political, personal, and social factors that hindered or promoted the development of rockets and eventual travel into space. Highly recommended. General readers; undergraduates; graduates." Choice, "Piskiewicz does a very good job in exploring the American, Russian, and German political, personal, and social factors that hindered or promoted the development of rockets and eventual travel into space. Highly recommended. General readers; undergraduates; graduates."- Choice, "The Man Who Sold the Moon is lucidly written, well presented, has a comprehensive reference list and bibliography, and is definitely worth reading."- Isis
