Pride, Prejudice, and Pejoratives at Peenemunde

This thesis discusses terror weapons and interservice rivalry. It describes terrorism, places it in historical perspective, and illustrates that the phenomenon of terrorism that politicians and individual citizens refer to is in fact an act of war covered by the smoke and mirrors of pejorative references and political rhetoric. This is half of the reason for writing. The second purpose is to examine the role of inter-service rivalry for producing technology and innovations. World War II provides the perfect backdrop for examining these phenomena. Hitler's rockets developed at Peenem nde are often referred to as terror weapons and there was substantial inter-service rivalry between the Army and the Luftwaffe programs while these weapons were being developed.