This volume provides a history of Martian exploration from the earliest stirrings of human curiosity about the planet right up to the 1990s when, after a lull of 20 years & after suffering through the disappointments of the Russian Phobos & American Mars Observer missions, we stood again poised on the verge of a more vigorous phase of exploration of the planet. Highly recommended by "Astronomy" & "Sky & Telescope" journals. B&W illustrations. A history of fascination." "Fills a long-standing gap in the Mars literature." "Very knowing & elegant."