As a history buff, this was such an interesting read. If you love reading about history or watching history documentaries, this is a good book for you.

A detailed account of a fascinating Cold War story. The events of this book seem to be largely lost in the haze of time, even aside from the fact that many of the details were classified for many years or still are kept secret. Author Josh Dean weaves together a narrative that seems at times almost a bit too Clive Cussler like to be true, but these are nonetheless historical events. It seems incredible that the United States would spend hundreds of millions of dollars and six years on a project that was given perhaps a 40% chance of success and had a worst case scenario of escalating the Cold War into a hot war and ending the world as we know it. Perhaps this project was evidence of the economic, industrial, and technological strength of America that eventually contributed to the Soviet Union's downfall.

If this book has a weakness, it's that Josh Dean occasionally chases rabbit trails in his passion for detail. Perhaps this book could have done with a bit more editing and a more concise account, but it is still fascinating and very readable, as long as you don't mind getting engrossed in many different aspects of Cold War history. I found this book both enjoyable and very informative and can recommend it to anyone interested in Cold War history.

I received a digital copy of this book for free from the publisher and was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I express in this review are entirely my own.