Tag: The Cold War

• Review of “The Apollo Murders”

  The Apollo Murders, The Cold War, The Space Race

  The Apollo Murders by Chris Hadfield is book one of the series The Apollo Murders. Kazimieras Zemeckis, known as Kaz, is a former military pilot turned flight controller who is tasked with overseeing the upcoming NASA launch of Apollo 18. Something that is complicated by the Soviet Union launching Almaz, a spy space station with…

• Review of “Edge of Eternity”

  Kennedy Assassination, The Civil Rights Movement, The Cold War, The Cuban Missile Crisis, The Iron Curtain

  I was absolutely enthralled with Edge of Eternity, the final book in the Century Trilogy by Ken Follett. It opens in the early 1960’s with George Jakes, son of Greg Peshkov, participating in the Freedom Rides. From there it follows his career working with Bobby Kennedy in the Justice Department. At the same time it…