Kirkus Book Reviews: “Jacobsen’s expansive, well-written narrative takes in the sweep of Cold War history, from the Bay of Pigs to Francis Gary Powers to Joe Stalin to Vietnam to the Nazi doctors pressed into service by U.S. and USSR alike—and none of it is pretty… Jacobsen provides an endlessly fascinating—and quite scary—book.”

High praise for “Area 51” from “The World’s Toughest Book Critics.”