Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-168) and index.
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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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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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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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