That "one small step for man" in July 1969 was made possible by a small group of Germans captured by the Americans at the end of WWII. The Rocket's Trail is about one of these men, his direct links to crimes against humanity, and how US Cold War Warriors went to extreme lengths to cover them up. The story is revealed through the eyes of Jim Black, an English scientist drafted in to the secret post-war intellectual reparations programme. Black's personal ambition leads him into a deception that denies the German rocket scientists to Britain and delivers them to America. Black joins them there but when he discovers the truth about one of his new colleagues, he must choose between his new career and complicity in covering up unimaginable crimes. Can he find redemption, and what price must he pay as Washington sets about suppressing the barbaric back-story of one of their prize rocket scientists? The Rocket's Trail blends a fictional hero with real historical figures including Wernher von Braun, J. Edgar Hoover, Eli Rosenbaum, and Arthur Rudolph, the Director of the Saturn rocket programme and the only former Nazi eventually expelled from America.
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Nick Snow is an award-winning reporter who has covered several commercial rocket launches. He now publishes business magazines and web sites for the international television industry. The Rocket's Trail, his first novel, dramatises the hidden history behind America's victory in the Space Race and how Cold War Warriors went to extreme lengths to cover it up. All the German and American military characters in this story are factual and placed in their correct context both chronologically and geographically. All evidence about the scientists' wartime activities, and its cover up, is proven and resides in the archives of NASA, the US Justice Department and the FBI. The author is the grandson of one of the British scientists seconded into the Forces and sent to Germany in 1945 to find and bring back anything of value as part of the intellectual reparations programme.
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Format:Paperback
The Rocket's Trail by Nick Snow
A well structured, thrilling docudrama. The book would appear to be more than a `story' as stated by ELI Rosenbaum, Director, Office of Special Investigation, US Department of Justice.
Like a jigsaw puzzle, Nick sets out the corner pieces and works the narrative inwards with the final piece of the puzzle layed meaningfully at the very end.
In their bid for Rocket supremacy post WWII, the American Government's collusion with the German Rocket scientists (suspected war criminals), and the protection of the scientists from being held accountable for the atrocities allegedly committed against the slave labourers during WWII is tantamount to similar behaviour in that it gave the message that human life is expendable in the cause of scientific research.
As the character Mike Garret states in Nick's book, `if this country is protecting anyone who was responsible for what went on in those camps, then that isn't right. It is as simple as that.'
Although written as a docudrama, it would be interesting to know how close to the truth the central events were. As far as research goes, I would have liked to have seen a bibliography detailing documents that Nick had been able to research in order to produce the information concerning the German scientists during this period and the collusion of the American Government.
Send President Obama a complimentary copy for Christmas!
Julie
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A well structured, thrilling docudrama. The book would appear to be more than a `story' as stated by ELI Rosenbaum, Director, Office of Special Investigation, US Department of Justice.
Like a jigsaw puzzle, Nick sets out the corner pieces and works the narrative inwards with the final piece of the puzzle layed meaningfully at the very end.
In their bid for Rocket supremacy post WWII, the American Government's collusion with the German Rocket scientists (suspected war criminals), and the protection of the scientists from being held accountable for the atrocities allegedly committed against the slave labourers during WWII is tantamount to similar behaviour in that it gave the message that human life is expendable in the cause of scientific research.
As the character Mike Garret states in Nick's book, `if this country is protecting anyone who was responsible for what went on in those camps, then that isn't right. It is as simple as that.'
Although written as a docudrama, it would be interesting to know how close to the truth the central events were. As far as research goes, I would have liked to have seen a bibliography detailing documents that Nick had been able to research in order to produce the information concerning the German scientists during this period and the collusion of the American Government.
Send President Obama a complimentary copy for Christmas!
Julie
X
By theboilerman
Format:Paperback
Everyone should read this, based on truth, it makes you realise what man is capable of. It even has photos so you get a better feeling for who the bad guys were, and the stuff they did.
Good detail about the people involved in rocket development.
Good detail about the people involved in rocket development.
By Colin Mann
Format:Paperback
The Rocket's Trail by Nick Snow
This is the sort of book that merits a re-read - and more.
If you first read it as a work of fiction, you'll enjoy the characterisation, pace and compelling detail of the work, and then consider - on a second reading - the historical basis for the story.
The Rocket's Trail by Nick Snow works supremely well on both levels.
Colin
Kent
This is the sort of book that merits a re-read - and more.
If you first read it as a work of fiction, you'll enjoy the characterisation, pace and compelling detail of the work, and then consider - on a second reading - the historical basis for the story.
The Rocket's Trail by Nick Snow works supremely well on both levels.
Colin
Kent
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What a good read
I have just finished reading the Rocket's Trail by Nick Snow whilst on holiday and was not able to put the book down. Read more
Published on 21 Aug 2009 by Mr. Paul Gietzen
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Progress at a heavy price
I love space, I really believe that mankind should be out there doing some bigger steps, rather than wasting valuable time in orbit of our own planet. Read more
Published on 1 July 2009 by Mac Million Ltd
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