Beginning with World War II, missiles transformed the art of
war. For the first time, cities of warring nations were vulnerable
to sudden, unannounced, long-distance attacks. At the same time,
rockets made possible one of the great triumphs of the modern
age--the exploration of space. Beginning with the origins of
rocketry in medieval and early modern Asia, "Rockets and Missiles"
traces the history of the technology that led to both the great
fear of global warfare and the great excitement of the Space
Age.
This volume focuses on rocketry in late-twentieth-century
Western Europe, Russia, and the United States, as well as the
spread of rocket technology to East Asia and the Middle East. It
covers the full history of rocket technology--including how rockets
improved in performance, reliability, and versatility and how they
affected everyday life.
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