The Man Who Ran the Moon: James E. Webb, NASA, and the Secret History of Project Apollo
by Piers Bizony
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Author: Piers BizonyEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2006-05-23
ISBN: 1560257512
Number of pages: 256
Publisher: Basic Books
Book Reviews of The Man Who Ran the Moon: James E. Webb, NASA, and the Secret History of Project Apollo
Book Review: Fundamentally excellent, but....
Summary: 3 Stars
The story of the political battles and management difficulties of the Apollo program has gotten short shrift in the overwhelming coverage of the technical aspects. This is quite understandable, but books like this are essential to covering the history of Apollo.
Regrettably, the wanderings into the personal politics and biases of the author caused me to suspect how much he might have covered up or eliminated as a historian, for personal reasons. For example, to blame the defunding of the Apollo program on the Nixon administration is extremely disingenuous, considering it was a Democratic Congress that refused to allocate the funds, preferring instead to shift the money to "problems here on Earth."
Similar issues throughout make this a history that needs to be approached with caution. For a reader knowledgeable of the real politics of the time, I'd give it 4 stars.
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