Thunder Over the Horizon: From V-2 Rockets to Ballistic Missiles

by Clayton K.S. Chun

Book Overview

In this general history of the development of rockets and missiles, Chun traces the technology that made attack from beyond the horizon possible. A former missile launch officer, he focusess not only on the development and employment of the ballistic missile--from early German V-2 use to today--but on their subsequent impact on national strategies, doctrine, force structure, and politics. The development of ballistic missiles and nuclear warheads...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275985776
• ISBN13: 9780275985776
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.3"