Describes how Hermann Oberth, Wernher von Braun, and their colleagues progressed, from the innocent dream of the V-2 ballistic missile, to the transfer of their

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This thought-provoking study by historian Monique Laney focuses on the U.S. government-assisted integration of German rocket specialists and their families into

This thought-provoking study by historian Monique Laney focuses on the U.S. government–assisted integration of German rocket specialists and their families in