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Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
xx, 364 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Documents the story of the 1983 war game that intensified nuclear brinkmanship between the U.S. and the former Soviet Union, recounting a series of close calls that tested political leadership over the course of an anxious two-year nuclear stalemate.
22) The aviators: Eddie Rickenbacker, Jimmy Doolittle, Charles Lindbergh, and the epic age of flight
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Interweaves the adventures during wartime and beyond, of three remarkable aviators--Charles Lindbergh, Eddie Rickenbacker, and Jimmy Doolittle--who defined aviation during the great age of flight.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
x, 372 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., map ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
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...
Author
Series
Emperor volume 2
Publisher
Delacorte
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
469p. 25cm.
Language
English
Author
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 23
Language
English
Formats
Description
Relates the story of eight American airmen who were shot down over Chichi Jima during World War II, one of whom was rescued and later became president of the United States, and the other seven who were captured by Japanese troops.
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
2001
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.1 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the daring mission of the elite U.S. Army Sixth Ranger Battalion to slip behind enemy lines in the Philippines and rescue the 513 American and British POWs who had spent over three years in a hellish, Japanese-run camp near Cabanatuan.
Author
Series
Publisher
Teaching Company
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
13 sound discs (12 hr.) : digital, 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Wars have played a crucial role in defining the United States and its place in the world. No one is better equipped to analyze this subject in depth than retired U.S. Army Gen. Wesley K. Clark-decorated combat veteran, author, Rhodes Scholar, and former NATO Supreme Commander. In this 24-lecture course, Gen. Clark explores the full scope of America's armed conflicts, from the French and Indian War in the mid 18th century to the Global War on Terrorism...
Author
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
An analysis of the battle at Little Bighorn challenges beliefs about Custer's leadership failures, draws on recent findings to piece together actual events, and reveals the historical contributions of such figures as Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, and Ulysses Grant.