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" Rockets and missiles : "
A. Bowdoin Van Riper.
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BL
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946431
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b700801
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| Main Entry
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Van Riper, A. Bowdoin.
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Rockets and missiles : : the life story of a technology /\ A. Bowdoin Van Riper.
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| Publication Statement
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Westport, CT :: Greenwood Press,, 2004.
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Greenwood technographies
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1 online resource (xvi, 176 pages) :: illustrations.
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0313062471
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: 1429474556
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: 9780313062476
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: 9781429474559
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0313327955
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9780313327957
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| Notes
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Available through Gale virtual reference library.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-168) and index.
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| Contents
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Timeline -- Introduction -- The age of black powder, 1000-1900 -- The birth of modern rocketry, 1900-1942 -- Rockets in World War II, 1939-1945 -- Rockets for research, 1945-1960 -- Ballistic missiles and the Cold War, 1945-1990 -- Rockets to the moon, 1960-1975 -- Tactical missiles in the Cold War, 1950-1990 -- Spaceflight becomes routine, 1970-present -- MIssiles after the Cold War, 1990-present -- Conclusion : what next? -- Glossary.
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"Beginning with the origins of rocketry in medieval and early modern Asia, the volume focuses on rocketry in late-20th-century Western Europe, Russia, and the United States, and also covers the spread of rocket technology in East Asia, the Middle East, and elsewhere."--Thomson Gale description.
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Guided missiles-- History.
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Rocketry-- History.
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Guided missiles.
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Rocketry.
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TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING-- Mechanical.
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| Dewey Classification
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621.43/56
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TL781.V36 2004eb
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Thomson Gale (Firm)
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