Hashtag Histories Series

What if there had been social media during World War II? This is not a book in the usual book format. It is the compelling story of the final 20 days of Hitler's Third Reich told in the form of Twitter feeds with daily tweets and actual statements by Hitler, Churchill, Truman, Zhukov, Eisenhower, Goebbels, Eva Braun and many others. The story begins with the announcement of, and reactions to, the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and follows the thoughts and actions of the main participants through the capture of Vienna, the Battle of Seelow Heights, the liberation of the concentration camps, the Battle of Berlin, the death of Hitler and the eventual surrender of Reich forces.

This is the compelling story of the final days of World War II told in the form of imagined social media postings based on actual statements by, and recollections of, the main participants in the intense drama. The story begins with the capture of the strategic Japanese island of Okinawa and follows the thoughts and actions of the main participants through planning the invasion of mainland Japan, the Japanese defense, the Manhattan Project, the first atomic test, the Kamikaze defense, the Potsdam Conference, Churchill's election defeat, the decision to drop the atomic bombs, the attempted palace revolt and the eventual Japanese surrender.

"We choose to go to the Moon not because it is easy but because it is hard!"- President John F. Kennedy, 12 September, 1962. What if there had been today's social media during the incredible Apollo 11 mission to the Moon? If you were not fortunate enough to be able to witness the entire historic mission of Apollo 11 as it unfolded (or even if you were), this gripping account will put you believably back inside those eight incredibly tense and dramatic days in 1969. The unique social media format of the book allows us to experience all the drama and achievements as if we were following them live, and as if the participants were speaking to us directly in real time. The narrative is based on actual astronaut accounts, NASA transcripts of the fascinating continual communications with the astronauts,broadcasts of all the main TV networks covering the mission and the thoughts of many laypeople and expert observers. The account also includes details that were not publicly available at the time, such as the secret speech to be delivered to the nation by President Nixon should the astronauts fail to return from the Moon. There is an extensive list of major sources at the end of the book. This is not a book, therefore, written in the usual book format. It is the story of man's first exploration of Earth's nearest neighbor,the Moon, told as if in real time in the form of imaginary social media postsby the main participants and observers. By using the fictional (at the time)vehicle of social media, the book is able to give an accurate account of the historic mission, revealing what the people involved in, and those witnessing,the momentous events were thinking, doing and saying at each stage of the mission. The account covers the entire mission, from the tense buildup and countdown to the launch, to the heart-stopping descent to the lunar surface, the first moonwalk, the experiments on the surface, the journey back to Earth, re-entry, recovery and the triumphal reception back in New York. This is Book 2 in The Apollo Missions To The Moon series.  Like all the books in the series, the narrative of this account is based on actual astronaut recollections, NASA transcripts of the fascinating continual communications with the astronauts, broadcasts of the main TV networks covering the mission and the thoughts of many expert and laypeople observers. There is an extensive list of major sources at the end of each book.  Click the BUY NOW button to follow the astronauts' incredible mission as if in real time.

What if there had been social media during the Cold War and the Cuban Missile Crisis? This is the story of the Cuban Missile Crisis told as if through posts on private social media feeds. The book follows the thoughts and actions of the main participants in the drama based on what those participants actually reported, or could have believably reported in private social media accounts, given who they were, what they knew and where they were at the time. The year is 1962. The Kennedy brothers are in the White House. Nikita Khrushchev is in the Kremlin and Fidel Castro is in the Presidential Palace in Havana, Cuba. For a time, now widely referred to as "the most dangerous moment in human history", these men hold the future of modern civilization in their hands as the world teeters on the brink of nuclear apocalypse.

What if there had been social media during the Apollo 8 mission to the Moon in 1968?  This mission would be the longest and most perilous journey ever attempted by man, and this account will put you believably back inside those six tense and dramatic days in 1968. It is the story of the first manned mission to the Moon told in the form of today's social media, allowing us to witness the unfolding drama of the mission as if we were following it in real time and as if the participants and observers were sharing their thoughts and actions with us directly.

What if there had been today's social media during the Apollo 13 mission to the Moon? This is the story of the incredible Apollo 13 mission in 1970 told as if in real time in the form of imaginary social media posts written bythe main participants and observers. The narrative is based on astronaut accounts, NASA transcripts of the astronauts' conversations with Mission Control and live broadcasts of the major U.S. TV networks covering the unfolding drama hour by hour. Apollo 13 was a mission that gripped the entire nation and the world. It would test the courage, endurance and ingenuity, not just of three astronauts but also of the thousands of controllers, technicians and engineers back at Mission Control in Houston and across America. This is the third book in The Apollo Missions To The Moon series.  Like all the books in the series, the narrative of this account is based on actual astronaut recollections, NASA transcripts of the fascinating continual communications with the astronauts, broadcasts of the main TV networks covering the mission and the thoughts of many expert and laypeople observers. There is an extensive list of major sources at the end of each book.