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Thread of the silkworm
Author
Title
Thread of the silkworm / Iris Chang.
ISBN
0465087167
9780465087167
0465006787
9780465006786
Published
New York, NY : Basic Books, ©1995.
Physical Description
xvii, 329 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Summary
This book tells the story of one of the most monumental blunders the United States committed during its shameful era of McCarthyism. It is the biography of a pioneer of the American space age who was mysteriously accused of being a Communist and deported to China, where he became -- to America's continuing chagrin -- the father of the Chinese missile program.
Other formats
Online version: Chang, Iris. Thread of the silkworm. New York, NY : Basic Books, ©1995
Online version: Chang, Iris. Thread of the silkworm. New York, NY : Basic Books, ©1995
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
December 13, 2022
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-317) and index.
Contents
1. Hangzhou (1911-1914)
2. Beijing (1914-1929)
3. Shanghai (1929-1934)
4. Boxer Rebellion Scholar (1934-1935)
5. MIT (1935-1936)
6. Theodore von Karman
7. Caltech (1936)
8. The Suicide Squad (1937-1943)
9. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (1943-1945)
10. Washington and Germany (1945)
11. Return to MIT (1946-1947)
12. Summons from China (1947)
13. Jiang Ying
14. Ascent (1947-1948)
15. Caltech (1949)
16. Suspicion (1950)
17. Arrest (1950)
18. Investigation (1950)
19. Hearings (1950-1951)
20. Waiting (1951-1954)
21. The Wang-Johnson Talks (1955)
22. "One of the Tragedies of this Century"
23. A Hero's Welcome (1955)
24. Missiles of the East Wind
25. Becoming a Communist.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Biography.
collective biographies.
Biographies.
History.
Biographies.
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