Science with a vengeance : how the military created the US space sciences after World War II /

DeVorkin, David H., 1944-

Science with a vengeance : how the military created the US space sciences after World War II / David H. DeVorkin. - New York : Springer-Verlag, c1992. - xxii, 404 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-378) and index.

0387977708 (New York : acid-free paper) 3540977708 (Berlin : acid-free paper)

91045040


Astronautics--History.--United States
Astronautics, Military--History.--United States
V-2 rocket--Scientific applications.

TL789.8.U5 / D48 1992

629.4/0973