| Description |
305 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-294) and index. |
| Summary |
This book reads like a Tom Clancy novel, but it is all true. Today our greatest fear is that terrorists may someday acquire a nuclear weapon and use it against us. In fact, they have already tried. In 1968 a Soviet submarine sank off Hawaii, hundreds of miles closer to American shores than it should have been. Evidence strongly suggests that the sub sank while attempting to fire a nuclear missile, most likely at Pearl Harbor. We now know that the Soviets had lost track of the sub; it had become a rogue. While the Soviets searched, U.S. intelligence was able to recover the sunken sub, and it became clear that the rogue was attempting to mimic a Chinese submarine, almost certainly with the intention of provoking a war between the U.S. and China. Could the information gleaned from the sunken sub have been a decisive factor shaping the new policies of detente between the Americans and the Soviets, and opening China to the West?--From publisher description. |
| Subject |
K-129 (Submarine)
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Submarine disasters -- Soviet Union.
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Soviet Union. Voenno-Morskoi Flot -- Submarine forces.
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Russia (Federation). Voenno-Morskoi Flot -- Submarine forces.
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Cold War.
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| Added Author |
Richmond, Clint.
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| ISBN |
0743261127 |
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9780743261128 |
| Standard No. |
YDXCP 2164578 |
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AU@ 000028564745 |
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