Matthew Brzezinski
Autore di Red Moon Rising: Sputnik and the Hidden Rivalries that Ignited the Space Age
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Matthew Brzezinski was a staff writer for The Wall Street Journal in Kiev and Moscow from 1996 through 1998, having previously reported from Poland and other Eastern European countries for The New York Times, The Economist, The Guardian (London), and The Globe and Mail (Toronto). He is currently a mostra altro freelance writer and a frequent contributor to The New York Times Magazine. He lives in Washington, D.C. mostra meno
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Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1965-10-07
- Sesso
- male
- Luogo di nascita
- Montreal, Canada
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Red Moon Rising: Sputnik and the Hidden Rivals That… di Matthew Brzezinski
Fascinating story behind the men and politics that launched the USSR's Sputnik and USA's Juno/Explorer. Some of the back-stories are bit over-cooked and almost superfluous. But they ultimately personalize and dramatize what would otherwise be a dry historical info dump.
Seemed like a decent, if slightly sensationalized, overview of the early space race.
I have read many books about World War II and about the Holocaust. I didn’t know much about the Jewish Resistance and Brzezinski does a great job bringing these people to life. I learned so much from this book. It really opened my eyes on just how many were involved with the resistance and what they sacrificed.
This book is so hard to listen to, listen to what these people lived through. Sometimes it’s hard to wrap my mind around the fact that the Holocaust even happened. That there were people out there who would do this to other people. I enjoyed this book so much I might get the printed copy, sit down in a quiet corner and spend time with them again.
This is a book that anyone who is interested in this time period should read. I don’t read many books a second time but I might with this time so I can give these brave souls more of my time and respect. This book reads like fiction but unfortunately the characters are real people who had to live through the horrors of the War and what the Nazis did to them. Good on them for standing up for what was rightfully theirs. Their freedom and their lives.
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This book is so hard to listen to, listen to what these people lived through. Sometimes it’s hard to wrap my mind around the fact that the Holocaust even happened. That there were people out there who would do this to other people. I enjoyed this book so much I might get the printed copy, sit down in a quiet corner and spend time with them again.
This is a book that anyone who is interested in this time period should read. I don’t read many books a second time but I might with this time so I can give these brave souls more of my time and respect. This book reads like fiction but unfortunately the characters are real people who had to live through the horrors of the War and what the Nazis did to them. Good on them for standing up for what was rightfully theirs. Their freedom and their lives.
… (altro)
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- Opere
- 4
- Utenti
- 545
- Popolarità
- #45,748
- Voto
- 4.1
- Recensioni
- 19
- ISBN
- 31
- Lingue
- 4