POLARIS: THE CONCEPT AND CREATION OF A NEW AND MIGHTY WEAPON by Baar, J. and W. E. Howard reviewed by Frederick I. Ordway III
From The Space Library
POLARIS: THE CONCEPT AND CREATION OF A NEW AND MIGHTY WEAPON
by Baar, J. and W. E. Howard
New York, 1960: Harcourt, Brace and Co., 245 pages, $4.50
The history of the development of the Polaris fleet ballistic missile and the story of its creators are given in this book. Included are descriptions of various Polaris test vehicles, and the lengthy flight test program that was beset by many early failures.
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