Von Braun : Dreamer of Space, Engineer of War - Michael Neufeld

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Von Braun

Dreamer of Space, Engineer of War

By: Michael Neufeld

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Paperback | 11 November 2008

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624 Pages

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Curator and space historian at the Smithsonian''s National Air and Space Museum delivers a brilliantly nuanced biography of controversial space pioneer Wernher von Braun.

Chief rocket engineer of the Third Reich and one of the fathers of the U.S. space program, Wernher von Braun is a source of consistent fascination. Glorified as a visionary and vilified as a war criminal, he was a man of profound moral complexities, whose intelligence and charisma were coupled with an enormous and, some would say, blinding ambition. Based on new sources, Neufeld''s biography delivers a meticulously researched and authoritative portrait of the creator of the V-2 rocket and his times, detailing how he was a man caught between morality and progress, between his dreams of the heavens and the earthbound realities of his life.

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"Surpasses all previous books about [von Braun]. . . . Deeply researched, vigorously written, and balanced in its judgments."--The Boston Globe"A serious, important book that does justice to its subject's moral complexity and place in history."--Los Angeles Times Book Review "Neufeld's thoroughly satisfying biography . . . written in clear, fast-paced prose, offers the most complete, fully documented and critical account that the imperfect documentary record is likely to yield."--The New York Times Book Review "A historian's masterpiece, will become the definitive biography."--American Scientist

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