From the reviews:
"'Foothold in the Heavens: The Seventies' is an exciting and comprehensive analysis of the history of human spaceflight. ... The author covers each human mission in this narrative with comprehensive and interesting detail, but Apollo 11 is definitively the cornerstone of this volume. ... 'Foothold in the Heavens' deserves a place in every library. ... it was written with the most current insight available and gives a complete and up-to-date history of the Soyuz and Apollo era." (Steve Adamczyk, Ad Astra, Spring, 2011)
"The former Soviet Union and the US were engaged in a fierce space race to the moon. Space writer Evans ... covers this fascinating era of space exploration, focusing more on American efforts. ... The book provides extensive detail on the Apollo program from Apollo 11, the first human lunar landing, to the last flight to the moon (Apollo 17). ... Includes many interesting black-and-white illustrations. Summing Up: Recommended. General readers and lower- and upper-division undergraduates." (J. Z. Kiss, Choice, Vol. 48 (7), March, 2011)
"This is a well researched engaging and comprehensive account of human space exploration in the late 1960s and early 1970s. It is a highly readable record of people and events and very much concentrates on the human experience of spaceflight. Even those who are already very familiar with the golden age of space exploration will find something new in this volume. ... Space historians - amateur and professional ... will find this a fascinating and rewarding read." (Mark Stewart, Spaceflight, Vol. 53 (8), August, 2011)
"Ben Evans has ambitiously set out to produce a five-volume history of human spaceflight, of which Foothold in the Heavens is the second volume. ... It is obvious from the level of detail in the 524 pages of text that the book's target audience is spaceflight history aficionados ... ." (James A. Vedda, Quest, Vol. 18 (4), 2011)
"This is a well-written, gripping, and engrossing story. Evans' account is also thorough, detailed, and knowledgeable. Anyone with even the vaguest interest in what was surely the greatest adventure of mankind in the last century will benefit hugely from reading this book. Evans has concentrated on the human side of space exploration. And the bravery, single-mindedness, and dedication of the astronauts and cosmonauts shine out from every page." (Carole Stott, The Observatory, Vol. 131 (1224), October, 2011)
