Sand, Snow, and Stardust Mysticism laced with wit and arresting

laced with wit and arresting thought experiments

some less so

Winner of the US and UK Goncourt Prizes

foreign territory for him

Katsenelson examines the historical performance of U

Sand, Snow, and Stardust Mysticism laced with wit and arrestingA vivid tour of US military efforts to understand, survive, and command harsh environments worldwideand beyond. Deserts, the Arctic, outer spacethese extreme environments are often seen as inhospitable places at the edges of our maps. But from the 1940s through the 1960s, spurred by the diverse and unfamiliar regions the US military had navigated during World War II, the United States defense establishment took a keen interest in these places,