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15 Minutes
General Curtis Lemay and the Countdown to Nuclear Annihilation
Taschenbuch von L. Douglas Keeney
Sprache: Englisch

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Packed with startling revelations, this inside look at the secret side of the Cold War exposes just how close America came to total annihilation
During the Cold War, a flight crew had 15 minutes to get their nuke-laden plane in the air from the moment Soviet bombers were detected-15 minutes between the earliest warning of an incoming nuclear strike and the first flash of an enemy warhead. This is the chilling true story of the incredibly risky steps our military took to protect us from that scenario, including:

. Over two thousand loaded bombers that crossed American skies. They sometimes crashed and at least nine times resulted in nuclear weapons being accidentally dropped

. A system that would use timers and rockets to launch missiles even after everyone was dead

. Disastrous atmospheric nuclear testing including the horrific runaway bomb-that fooled scientists and put thousands of men in uniform in the center of a cloud of hot fallout

. A plan to use dry lake beds to rebuild and launch a fighting force in the aftermath of nuclear war

Based on formerly classified documents, military records, press accounts, interviews and over 10 years of research, 15 Minutes is one of the most important works on the atom bomb ever written.
Packed with startling revelations, this inside look at the secret side of the Cold War exposes just how close America came to total annihilation
During the Cold War, a flight crew had 15 minutes to get their nuke-laden plane in the air from the moment Soviet bombers were detected-15 minutes between the earliest warning of an incoming nuclear strike and the first flash of an enemy warhead. This is the chilling true story of the incredibly risky steps our military took to protect us from that scenario, including:

. Over two thousand loaded bombers that crossed American skies. They sometimes crashed and at least nine times resulted in nuclear weapons being accidentally dropped

. A system that would use timers and rockets to launch missiles even after everyone was dead

. Disastrous atmospheric nuclear testing including the horrific runaway bomb-that fooled scientists and put thousands of men in uniform in the center of a cloud of hot fallout

. A plan to use dry lake beds to rebuild and launch a fighting force in the aftermath of nuclear war

Based on formerly classified documents, military records, press accounts, interviews and over 10 years of research, 15 Minutes is one of the most important works on the atom bomb ever written.
Über den Autor
L. Douglas Keeney
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
Genre: Geschichte
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9781250002082
ISBN-10: 1250002087
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Keeney, L. Douglas
Hersteller: St. Martin's Press
Maße: 216 x 140 x 24 mm
Von/Mit: L. Douglas Keeney
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.02.2012
Gewicht: 0,565 kg
Artikel-ID: 106808609
Über den Autor
L. Douglas Keeney
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
Genre: Geschichte
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9781250002082
ISBN-10: 1250002087
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Keeney, L. Douglas
Hersteller: St. Martin's Press
Maße: 216 x 140 x 24 mm
Von/Mit: L. Douglas Keeney
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.02.2012
Gewicht: 0,565 kg
Artikel-ID: 106808609
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