Screen LibraryRockets and missiles：the life story of a technology
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Greenwood Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Westport, CT |
| Publication Dates: | 2004. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Greenwood technographies |
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| Carrier Form: | xvi, 176 p.: ill. ; 25 cm. |
| ISBN: | 0313327955 (alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | TJ7 |
| CLC: | TJ7-09 |
| Call Number: | TJ7-09/V274 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-168) and index. Timeline -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The age of black powder, 1000-1900 -- 3. The birth of modern rocketry, 1900-1942 -- 4. Rockets in World War II, 1939-1945 -- 5. Rockets for research, 1945-1960 -- 6. Ballistic missiles and the Cold War, 1945-199 -- 7. Rockets to the moon, 1960-1975 -- 8. Tactical missiles in the Cold war, 1950-1990 -- 9. Spaceflight becomes a routine, 1970-present -- 10. MIssiles after the Cold War, 1990-present -- 11. Conclusion : what next? -- Glossary. |