Missiles for the Fatherland

Informationen zum Autor Michael Petersen received his Ph.D. in German history from the University of Maryland in 2005. He is currently a historian under contract with the Defense Intelligence Agency in Washington! DC! where he is writing a book on the history of the Defense Intelligence Agency in the Cold War. He has also worked for the Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Records Interagency Working Group (IWG) at the National Archives and Records Administration! and has contributed to a collection of essays on Japanese war crimes records held by the National Archives. He is the recipient of several fellowships and awards! including a Guggenheim Fellowship from the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Klappentext 2009 scholarly investigation of the culture underpinning missile development at Germany's secret missile base at Peenem nde. Zusammenfassung Missiles for the Fatherland was the first scholarly investigation of the culture underpinning missile development at Germany's secret missile base at Peenemunde. Michael Petersen's research reveals a complex interaction of professional ambition! internal cultural dynamics! military pressure! and political coercion! which coalesced daily life at the facility. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Help build the spaceship!; 2. At Peenemunde, they have created a paradise; 3. It was a fantastic life!; 4. Production by convicts: no objections; 5. At the limits of existence; 6. We still had a fatherland to fight for; 7. Engineering consent at Peenemunde.

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Missiles for the Fatherland is the first scholarly investigation of the culture underpinning missile development at Germany's secret missile base at Peenemunde.

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Missiles for the Fatherland was the first scholarly investigation of the culture underpinning missile development at Germany's secret missile base at Peenemunde. Michael Petersen's research reveals a complex interaction of professional ambition, internal cultural dynamics, military pressure, and political coercion, which coalesced daily life at the facility.

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1. Help build the spaceship!; 2. At Peenemunde, they have created a paradise; 3. It was a fantastic life!; 4. Production by convicts: no objections; 5. At the limits of existence; 6. We still had a fatherland to fight for; 7. Engineering consent at Peenemunde.