Von Braun: Dreamer of Space, Engineer of War

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		Von Braun: Dreamer of Space, Engineer of War
		Von Braun: Dreamer of Space, Engineer of War

Michael J. Neufeld, curator and space historian at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum, delivers a brilliantly nuanced biography of Wernher von Braun.

Chief rocket engineer of the Third Reich and one of the fathers of the U.S. space program, Wernher von Braun is a source of consistent fascination. Glorified as a visionary and vilified as a war criminal, he was a man of profound moral complexities, whose intelligence and charisma were coupled with an enormous and, some would say, blinding ambition. Based on new sources, Neufeld's biography delivers a meticulously researched and authoritative portrait of the creator of the V-2 rocket and his times, detailing how he was a man caught between morality and progress, between his dreams of the heavens and the earthbound realities of his life.

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This biography is extremely well researched, and is surely a staple of the available literature on von Braun. It goes in-depth regarding all of von Braun's exploits, from childhood to Nazi Germany to Apollo and beyond. The author is also objective and non-opinionated when dealing with von Braun's Nazi past. This is an important quality of the book, one that many other authors fail to achieve or else ignore altogether. I was also impressed with the author's notes in the back of the book, which demonstrate how carefully researched this book is. The bibliography is also very handy, and it introduced me to some other books on the topics of Apollo and von Braun's rocket team that I plan to read in the future.
I have two complaints: first, the author tends to get opinionated in regards to politics in some places. I'd rather not provide specific examples, but suffice it to say that the author seems to have felt compelled to blame all of America's issues in the 1960s and 70s on certain political groups. There is no place for this in a balanced biography.
Second, I felt that this book could have been more readable. At times the text seemed stuffy and long-winded.
Otherwise, this is the first biography of von Braun I recommend to anyone.

Have you ever found yourself so committed to a life project or goal that no matter what obstacle comes in your way you find a way to overcome and succeed? Wernher Von Braun is one of those individuals. Singularly focused he could either be considered the single greatest hero of the space age or one of the most notorious Machiavellian figures in history. Helping to propel the first satellites and then men into space while also creating the worst cross-continental attack missiles built using Nazi concentration camp labor. This complex individual is brought out in living color in Neufeld's book and allows you as the reader to decide your own feelings on this famous figure.

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