John Pina Craven

The Silent War

The Cold War Battle Beneath the Sea

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Produktbeschreibung

An enthralling insider's account of the submarine operations that helped keep the peace during the Cold War is written by one of the most prominent figures in the bestselling "Blind Man's Bluff" and the man whose real-life adventures inspired "The Hunt For Red October."

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Simon & Schuster
• Seitenzahl: 308
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 437g
• ISBN-13: 9780743223263
• ISBN-10: 0743223268
• Artikelnr.: 21655211

Autorenporträt

John Piña Craven was the chief scientist of the Navy's Special Projects Office from 1958 to 1970 and won two Distinguished Civilian Service Awards. He later worked as director of the Law of the Sea Institute and is currently president of the Common Heritage Corporation. He lives in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
PROLOGUE
1. In Peril Under the Sea
2. Design for Deterrence
3. A Calculus of Terror
4. An Oracle in Washington
5. Out of the Deep to Target, Perfect
6. War and Peace: Some Like It Hot
7. Fail-Safe
8. Triumph to Tragedy
9. The Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle
10. Spooked
11. Humans As Marine Mammals
12. The Fisherman's Friend
13. The Tide of Destiny
14. Two-and-Twenty -- The Aquatic Circus
15. The Hunt for Red September: A Tale of Two Submarines
16. Pensate Profundus
17. MIT Days
18. A Sea Lawyer in Hawaii
19. The Man Who Was Not There
INDEX