Book Details
Format
Hardcover
Pages
153
Language
English
Published
Jan 1, 1970
Publisher
Basic Books
ISBN-10
0465082386
ISBN-13
9780465082384
Description
Thread of the Silkworm tells the story of one of the most monumental blunders the United States committed during its era of McCarthyism. It is the biography of Dr.Tsien Hsue-shen, 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.
Genres
Romance
Biography
Science & Technology
Psychology