BOOK REVIEW: Giant steps towards those first steps on the moon

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Three books reflect on the first moon landing 50 years ago, writes Anjana Ahuja

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Think of the turbulent decades in the US that enveloped the 1969 moon landing: the 1950s, with protests at racial segregation; the 1960s, a time of sexual revolution, assassinations and riots; the 1970s, the denouement of the Vietnam war.A subscription helps you enjoy the best of our business content every day along with benefits such as exclusive Financial Times articles, Morningstar financial data, and digital access to the Sunday Times and Times Select.

 

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