15 Minutes: General Curtis Lemay and the Countdown to Nuclear Annihilation
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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.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0312611560
ISBN13:9780312611569
Release Date:February 2011
Publisher:St. Martin's Press
Length:372 Pages
Weight:1.37 lbs.
Dimensions:1.3" x 6.4" x 9.5"
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20th Century History Military Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Nuclear Weapons & WarfareCustomer Reviews
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