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The rocket and the Reich : Peenemünde and the coming of the ballistic missile era

Title
The rocket and the Reich : Peenemünde and the coming of the ballistic missile era / Michael J. Neufeld.
Author
Neufeld, Michael J., 1951-
Publication
New York, NY : Free Press, [1995], ©1995.

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Description
xiii, 368 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 24 cm
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Prologue: Summer 1943 -- 1. The Birth of the Missile -- 2. The Founding of Peenemunde -- 3. Breakthrough in Key Technologies -- 4. Peenemunde's Time of Troubles -- 5. Hitler Embraces the Rocket -- 6. Speer, Himmler, and Slave Labor -- 7. The Move Underground -- 8. Rockets, Inc. -- Epilogue: Peenemunde's Legacy -- Appendix 1. The German Army Ordnance Liquid-Fuel Rocket Series -- Appendix 2. Organizational Structures of the Army Rocket Program.
ISBN
0029228956
LCCN
94030088
OCLC
  • 30913559
  • ocm30913559
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries