Books by Michael J. Neufeld and Complete Book Reviews

Von Braun: Dreamer of Space
Von Braun: Dreamer of Space, Engineer of War
Michael J. Neufeld, Author . Knopf $35 (587p) ISBN 978-0-307-26292-9
Neufeld, chair of the Space History Division at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum, offers what is likely to be the definitive biography of Wernher von Braun (1912–1977), the man behind both Nazi Germany's V-1 and V-2...
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Rocket and the Reich: Peenemunde and the Comming of the Ballistic Missile Era
Rocket and the Reich: Peenemunde and the Comming of the Ballistic Missile Era
Michael J. Neufeld, Author, Michael J. Neufield, Author Free Press $25 (368p) ISBN 978-0-02-922895-1
Based on previously untapped sources, Neufeld's comprehensive history of German rocket research and development during WWII includes an analysis of Hitler's indirect involvement with the Peenemunde-based project and SS chief Heinrich Himmler's...
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Planet Dora: A Memoir of the Holocaust and the Birth of the Space Age
Planet Dora: A Memoir of the Holocaust and the Birth of the Space Age
Michael J. Neufeld, Author, Editor *, Editor, Yves Beon, Translator Basic Books $30 (288p) ISBN 978-0-8133-3272-7
The German rocket program of WWII, fueled by concentration camp labor and the Nazi credo ""annihilation through work,"" is described in this harrowing account by Beon, who was arrested for resistance activities in 1943, shipped to Buchenwald the...
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