Michael J. Neufeld

The Rocket and the Reich

Peenemunde and the Coming of the Ballistic Missile Era

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WINNER OF THE DEXTER PRIZE OF THE SOCIETY FOR THE HISTORY OF TECHNOLOGY Launched by the Third Reich in late 1944, the first ballistic missile, the V-2, fell on London, Paris, and Antwerp after covering nearly two hundred miles in five minutes. It was a stunning achievement, one that heralded a new age of ballistic missiles and space launch vehicles. Michael J. Neufeld gives the first comprehensive and accurate account of the story behind one of the greatest engineering feats of World War II. At a time when rockets were minor battlefield weapons, Germany ushered in a new form of warfare that would bequeath a long legacy of terror to the Cold W… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-58834-467-0
EAN: 9781588344670
Produktnummer: 15188343
Verlag: Random House N.Y.
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
Seitenangabe: 400 S.

Über den Autor

Michael J. Neufeld is a space history curator at the National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, and the author of Von Braun: Dreamer of Space, Engineer of War.