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[i]We are delighted to announce a new book from Smithsonian Institution Press which will be out this June. It is a new biography of Wernher von Braun by the former editor of the Huntsville (Alabama) Times, Bob Ward. Bob covered the space program for the Times from the early days and had a long term personal relationship with von Braun. It's been our pleasure to count Bob as a friend and we have been treated to early drafts of this enlightening and definitive biography. It is personal, insightful and fascinating.[/i]
From Nazi party member to the director of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center (and the brains behind the United States' moon landing), Wernher von Braun continues to be a compelling and controversial figure in American history. He was the guiding light for American space flight, creating the breakthrough technologies of the Mercury and Apollo programs, yet his association with the Nazi party during World War II has overshadowed his accomplishments. Bob Ward devoted more than ten years of research and conducted 150 interviews with von Braun's colleagues to complete this behind-the-scenes biography, and he looks into the stories, heroics, and contradictions to paint a full portrait of an enigmatic man. 50 b/w photographs.
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