Nazi Rocketeers - Dreams of Space and Crimes of War

Informationen zum Autor Dennis Piszkiewicz is a scientist and college teacher. He has also written Wernher von Braun: The Man Who Sold the Moon (0-275-96217-2). Klappentext Explores the development of the V-2 rocket A sobering testimony to the consequences of corrupted genius 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. Zusammenfassung After World War II rocket scientist Wernher von Braun left his native Germany for the United States! where he became famous as the father of the American space program. Before and during the war! however! von Braun and his fellow German rocketeers had abandoned their dreams of space travel and put their genius to work for the Nazi war machine.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Dennis Piszkiewicz
• Verlag: Stackpole Books
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 10.03.2007
• EAN: 9780811733878
• ISBN: 978-0-8117-3387-8
• Seiten: 250
• Serien: Stackpole Military History Series; Stackpole Military History; Stackpole Military History Series; Stackpole Military History
• Themen: Belletristik > Erzählende Literatur > Briefe, Tagebücher; Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Allgemeines, Lexika