Dayton Kitchens
Banned
It is basically, what if after Apollo 11, President Nixon read a CIA report that indicated the race to the moon was straining the Soviet economy?
So instead of gutting the space program, Nixon doubles down and dramatically continues and expands Apollo to provoke the Soviets into wasting economic resources trying to catch the U.S. Just as some claim they did with their military in the 70s and 80s?
It is a very enjoyable book. As I wrote in one of my early book reviews, it is just about the only alternate history I've read where almost everyone actually comes out ahead. (Aside from Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton).
So instead of gutting the space program, Nixon doubles down and dramatically continues and expands Apollo to provoke the Soviets into wasting economic resources trying to catch the U.S. Just as some claim they did with their military in the 70s and 80s?
It is a very enjoyable book. As I wrote in one of my early book reviews, it is just about the only alternate history I've read where almost everyone actually comes out ahead. (Aside from Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton).