Submarine Admiral: From Battlewagons to Ballistic MissilesUniversity of Illinois Press, 1997 - 376 páginas Offers an insider's account of the development of the ballistic missile submarine, and a lifelong love affair with submarines. |
Índice
Battleship Prelude | 1 |
In the Beginning | 22 |
School Days | 31 |
Rube Goldberg Was Here | 38 |
Spies | 46 |
Heading for War | 54 |
Lesson in War | 65 |
Duds and Depth Charges | 81 |
Troubled Waters | 193 |
The Rickover Equation | 208 |
The Ultimate Deterrent | 227 |
The Future of NuclearPowered Submarines | 245 |
Allies | 255 |
Politics and Polaris | 270 |
The Special Relationship | 286 |
Spindrift | 295 |
Crescendo | 92 |
Rice Paddy Navy | 102 |
End of War | 117 |
Letdown | 127 |
Where Do We Go from Here? | 135 |
Sex and the Single Service | 150 |
A United Nations Operation | 164 |
Transition | 180 |
Quieter Deeper Faster? | 301 |
Epilogue | 315 |
A Abbreviations | 321 |
B Hazardous Duty Pay | 323 |
Notes | 329 |
335 | |
Outras edições - Ver tudo
Submarine Admiral: From Battlewagons to Ballistic Missiles I. J. Galantin Visualização de excertos - 1995 |
Palavras e frases frequentes
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