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Born in California, Gerard DeGroot is Professor of Modern History at the University of St Andrews. He has written ten books on various aspects of twentieth-century history, most recently The Bomb: A Life, a history of nuclear weapons which won the 2004 RUSI Westminster Medal for Military Literature. He regularily contributes to national newspapers both in Britain and in the USA.
An elegant contribution to the history of the space age. For space nuts who think Apollo is all about heroism, it should be compulsory reading -- Andrew Smith * Sunday Times * It can't be denied that beyond the dingy politicking, lunatic number-crunching and slide-rule stuff, there was something grand about the US space programme. DeGroot's achievement is to have preserved that, even as he exposes the dark side -- Brian Morton * Sunday Herald * DeGroot gets off to a terrific start: his prose is punchy, his contentions startling, his indignation palpable -- John Preston * Sunday Telegraph * Annoyingly thorough and readable -- Giles Whittell * The Times * A canny academic's take on the real reason behind America's obsession with beating the Soviets to the Moon, and the absurdity of what they found * Esquire *
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