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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...