Wernher Von Braun : the man who sold the moon / Dennis Piszkiewicz.
Wernher Von Braun : the man who sold the moon / Dennis Piszkiewicz.
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Publisher
Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1998.
Date
1998.
Call Numbers
N621.43/40
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Language
English
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Physical content
x, 240 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Prelude: The Rocket -- 1. The Immigrant -- 2. The Authorized Biography -- 3. The Cover-Up -- 4. The Reborn Rocketeer -- 5. Redstone -- 6. Selling Space: The Collier's Articles -- 7. Disneyland -- 8. The First Race for Space -- 9. The Soviet Chief Designer and Sputnik -- 10. Explorer I -- 11. Celebri...
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Publisher
Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1998.
Place of Publication
Connecticut
Date Published
1998.
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Summary
Wernher von Braun: The Man Who Sold the Moon is the first critical biography of the young German aristocrat who created Hitler's most advanced terror weapon, the V-2 rocket, and who came to the U.S. to develop missiles as a central weapon of the Cold War. The book reveals that factions of the U.S. Army, in their zeal to have von Braun's team of sci...
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Wernher Von Braun : the man who sold the moon / Dennis Piszkiewicz.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-230) and index.
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N621.43/40
Record Identifier
74VvzwpaN2Pd
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ISBN
0275962172 :
9780275962173 (alk. paper)
0275962172 (alk. paper)
9780275962173 :
DDC
621.4356092
MMS ID
991009274909702626
