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- catalog abstract "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.".
- catalog contributor b9611032.
- catalog created "c1995.".
- catalog date "1995".
- catalog date "c1995.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1995.".
- catalog description "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.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-317) and index.".
- catalog description "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.".
- catalog extent "xvii, 329 p., [16] p. of plates :".
- catalog hasFormat "Thread of the silkworm.".
- catalog identifier "0465006787 (pbk.)".
- catalog identifier "0465087167".
- catalog isFormatOf "Thread of the silkworm.".
- catalog issued "1995".
- catalog issued "c1995.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York, NY : Basic Books,".
- catalog relation "Thread of the silkworm.".
- catalog spatial "China".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "629.1/092 B 20".
- catalog subject "Aeronautical engineers China Biography.".
- catalog subject "Aeronautical engineers United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "Anti-communist movements United States History.".
- catalog subject "Astronautics China History.".
- catalog subject "Qian, Xuesen, 1911-2009.".
- catalog subject "Rocketry China Biography.".
- catalog subject "TL781.85.T836 C49 1995".
- catalog subject "Tsien, Hsue Shen.".
- catalog tableOfContents "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.".
- catalog title "Thread of the silkworm / Iris Chang.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".