Chair of History Dr. Gretchen Heefner’s latest book, Sand, Snow, and Stardust: How US Military Engineers Conquered Extreme Environments, was recently awarded the Robert H. Ferrell Book Prize by the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations:
“Gretchen Heefner’s Sand, Snow, and Stardust: How US Military Engineers Conquered Extreme Environments (University of Chicago Press) is a compelling, deeply-researched history of the engineering ingenuity that went into the U.S. effort to become a planetary power in the post-World War II period. Taking readers on a lively journey from deserts to ice sheets to the moon, Heefner shows how the dramatic expansion of the U.S. military’s presence relied upon the rapid acquisition of environmental intelligence and bold experimental engineering. In the process, she transforms our understanding of the intersection of science and military might in the middle of the 20th century.”
Congratulations Dr. Heefner!
