Title:
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Missiles for the fatherland : PeenemLunde, national socialism, and the V-2 missile /
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Authors:
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Michael B. Petersen, Author
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Material Type:
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book
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Publisher:
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2009
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ISBN / ISSN / EAN :
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978-0-521-88270-5
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Format:
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xii, 276 p. / ill., map / 24 cm
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Bibliography note:
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-267) and index
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Languages:
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English
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Class number:
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UF535.G3
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Subjects:
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National socialism and technology.
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Rocketry -- History -- 20th century. -- Germany -- PeenemLunde
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V-2 rocket -- History.
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Description:
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This book examines an important and fairly well-studied subject from a different perspective by providing an anthropological and sociological study of the German rocket engineers. The social context and environment of the German rocket R&D effort in Peenemünde and elsewhere had a decisive influence on the rocket engineers and scientists and encouraged them to work on new weapons in what became a Faustian pact with Hitler's regime.
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Contents note:
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1. Help Build the Spaceship! 2. At Peenemünde, They Have Created a Paradise 3. It was a Fantastic life! 4. Production by Convicts: No Objections 5. At the Limits of Existence 6. We Still Had a Fatherland to Fight For
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Format :
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In print
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