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Introduces readers to the history of rocket and missile technology and its impact on society.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Timeline Introduction The Age of Black Powder, 1000-1900 The Birth of Modern Rocketry, 1900-1942 Rockets in World War II, 1939-1945 Rockets for Research, 1945-1960 Ballistic Missiles and the Cold War, 1945-1990 Rockets to the Moon, 1960-1975 Tactical Missiles in the Cold War, 1945-1960 Space Travel Becomes Routine, 1970-present Missiles After the Cold War, 1990-present What Next? Glossary Further Reading

About the Author

A. BOWDOIN VAN RIPER is Adjunct Professor at Southern Polytechnic State University. He is the author of Looking Up: Aviation and the Popular Imagination (2003), Science in Popular Culture: A Reference Guide (Greenwood, 2002), and Men among the Mammoths: Victorian Science and the Discovery of Human Prehistory (1993).

Reviews

?Especially well done is the balanced and relatively unbiased account of the arms race and space race of the 1950s and 1960s.?-SB&F

?This hard cover text provides clear explanations of what is often thought of as almost incomprehensiblerocket science. It covers aspects of technological, social, governmental development and control, and the political implications of rockets and missiles....Rockets and Missiles: The Life Story of a Technology is recommended for public and academic libraries. Whether one is interested in rockets, missiles, sociology, technology or history, this book will be an asset.?-E-Streams

"Especially well done is the balanced and relatively unbiased account of the arms race and space race of the 1950s and 1960s."-SB&F

"This hard cover text provides clear explanations of what is often thought of as almost incomprehensiblerocket science. It covers aspects of technological, social, governmental development and control, and the political implications of rockets and missiles....Rockets and Missiles: The Life Story of a Technology is recommended for public and academic libraries. Whether one is interested in rockets, missiles, sociology, technology or history, this book will be an asset."-E-Streams