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Language:EnglishPublisher:University Press of KansasISBN-13:9780700619412ISBN-10:700619410UPC:9780700619412Book Category:History, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:United States, Intelligence & Espionage, MilitaryBook Topic:20th Century, NavalSize:9.03 x 6.06 x 0.71 inchesWeight:1.0318Product ID:SC9DMN6BE3
The Cia's Greatest Covert Operation: Inside the Daring Mission to Recover a Nuclear-Armed Soviet Sub
March 1968: three miles below the stormy surface of the North Pacific, a Soviet submarine lay silent as a tomb-its crew dead, its payload of nuclear missiles, once directed toward strategic targets in Hawaii, inoperable. No longer a real threat, the sub still presented an alluring target and it was not long before the CIA answered its siren call--even at the risk of igniting World War III....
Language:EnglishPublisher:University Press of KansasISBN-13:9780700619412ISBN-10:700619410UPC:9780700619412Book Category:History, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:United States, Intelligence & Espionage, MilitaryBook Topic:20th Century, NavalSize:9.03 x 6.06 x 0.71 inchesWeight:1.0318Product ID:SC9DMN6BE3
David H. Sharp's long career in the CIA included communications support for the Bay of Pigs operation; chief communications engineer for the U-2 program; chief electronics engineer for the flight testing of OXCART, a top secret hypersonic reconnaissance aircraft program; and chief of research and development for covert photographic, audio surveillance, and communications devices used by CIA's...
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