V-2 by Dornberger, W. reviewed by Frederick I. Ordway III

From The Space Library

V-2

by Dornberger, W.

New York, 1954: Viking Press, 281 pages, $5.00

Translated from the German "V-2—Der Schuss ins Weltall", the book is by the former commanding general of the Peenemünde rocket development center of wartime Germany fame. It probes into the history, background, development and operational use of the V2 bombardment rocket, and provides interesting details on a number of other missiles.

Extracted from the 1962 Publication Annotated Bibliography of Space Science and Technology with an Astronomical Supplement - A History of Astronautical Book Literature 1931 - 1961. by Frederick I. Ordway III