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Nazi Rocketeers, The - Dreams of Space and Crimes of War

By: Stackpole Books

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Military History Series (Stackpole Books)

Last Stocked on 4/13/2017

Product Info

Title
Nazi Rocketeers, The - Dreams of Space and Crimes of War
Publisher
Category
Author
Dennis Piszkiewicz
Publish Year
2007
Pages
250
Dimensions
6x9x.75"
NKG Part #
2147482728
Type
Softcover

Description

Wernher von Braun is known to many as the brilliant pioneer of rocketry who left Germany after World War II to lead the United States' space program. Until now, few have realized the bloody legacy he left behind in the ruins of the Third Reich. The Nazi Rocketeers tells the story of how von Braun and his fellow rocket scientists postponed their initial dreams of space travel to create weapons of terror and mass destruction. Not only were they ambitious members of the Nazi movement, but they also, Piszkiewicz argues, collaborated with the SS in exploiting slave labor to build the V-2 rocket.

  • Explores the development of the V-2 rocket
  • A sobering testimony to the consequences of corrupted genius