Deep Venture: A Sailor's Story of Cold War Submarines, Hardcover - Gary Penley

In this military memoir and adventure story, the author recounts his seven years in the U.S. Navy in the 1960s, mostly aboard nuclear submarines. D...

"No one, from Stephen Ambrose to Steven Spielberg, can tell a better story than A Sailor's Story." ― Max Brooks, author of World War Z"What makes A...

Reducere. Submarines had a vital, if often unheralded, role in the superpower navies during the Cold War. Their crews carried out intelligence-collection ope...

Conveys in dramatic detail the high-risk, covert operations of a nuclear attack submarine during the zenith of the Cold War Captain Alfred Scott Mc...

Reducere. DescriptionThrough dramatic incidents tells for the first time the full story of the development of Cold War naval intelligence from the end of WWI...

This fascinating title explains and analyzes the history, technology, and service of the Soviet Navy's nuclear attack submarines, the formidable hi...

Reducere. DescriptionWilliam Grannetino served in the US navy during World War II. From the day he landed on Omaha Beach to the morning he sailed out of the ...

Reducere. DescriptionSubmarines played a major role in the war at sea in the years 1939-45, and this major reference book describes all the classes of vessel...

Berlin, 1979.When the CIA's most valuable spy is compromised, the Agency realizes it does not have the capability to bring him to safety. If he can...

The thrilling story of two Cold War spies, CIA case officer Jack Platt and KGB agent Gennady Vasilenko -- improbable friends at a time when they sh...

The Great Cold War is arguably the most fascinating account yet written about the Cold War--and a timely enunciation of the lessons we need to lear...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of the Cold War and Space Race, then keep reading...Two captivating manuscripts in one book: The Co...

Reducere. Explore the Cold War and Get a Deeper Understanding of the Korean and Vietnam WarTwo captivating manuscripts in one book: Korean War: A Captivating...

In 1964, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) made a momentous policy decision. In response to rising tensions with the United States and Soviet Union...

Pan Am flight attendant Natalie is the only thing that stands between the KGB and their attempt to steal submarine secrets from the United States N...

Reducere. Building remote controlled submarines is hard. Unlike RC boats, cars and planes, there are not thousands of vendors supporting hundreds of thousand...

David Herriot served almost 40 years in the Royal Air Force as a navigator, first on the Buccaneer S2 and subsequently on the Tornado GR1. This vol...

Reducere. In 1938, Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain hoped that a policy of appeasement would satisfy Adolf Hitler's territorial appetite and structured Bri...

DescriptionGrace Kennan Warnecke's memoir is about a life lived on the edge of history. Daughter of one of the most influential diplomats of the tw...

Publisher: Skyhorse PublishingAuthor(s): Herbert J. SternNumber of pages: 408Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 153 x 228 x 32Cover type: Paperback ...

Reducere. Jimi Hendrix was many things: a superstar, a rebel, a hero, an innovator. But first, he was a boy named Jimmy who loved to draw and paint and liste...

The true story that inspired The Man with the Golden Gun by Ian Fleming

Reducere. In 1959, the Bolshoi Ballet arrived in New York for its first ever performances in the United States. The tour was part of the Soviet-American cult...

Readers will be entranced by the true story of a cat that becomes separated from his family when they flee Iraq and become refugees in Europe. Thei...

Reducere. Thrilling submarine espionage and an inside look at the U.S. Navy's "silent service" Stalking the Red Bear, for the first time ever, describes the ...

Publisher: Transcript VerlagAuthor(s): Zsuzsa LaszloNumber of pages: 210Collection: ImagePublication date: 2022Dimensions: 149 x 224 x 20Cover type...

From National Book Award Finalist and Sibert Honor Author Albert Marrin, a timely examination of Red Scares in the United States, including the Ros...

This is the story of an ordinary cold war fighter pilot, with campaigns from an air viewpoint, showing detail of how we lost parts of our Empire.Pu...

Reducere. A personal journey through some of the darkest moments of the cold war and the early days of television newsMarvin Kalb, the award-winning journali...

Why would an American girl-child, born into a good, Irish-Catholic family in the thick of the McCarthy era - a girl who, when she came of age, ente...

Reducere. As secretary of state, James A. Baker III played a critical role on the world stage in the final years of the Cold War as the Soviet Union unravele...

Publisher: Steerforth PressAuthor(s): Peter ShinkleIllustration(s): 16 Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pages: 416Publication date: 2022Dimensio...

Reducere. #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE - Hailed as the top nonfiction book of the year by Time magazine - Winner of the Los Ange...

This broad-ranging treatment is the first to synthesise current understanding of all types of cold-water coral worldwide. Covering ecology, biology...

In 1952, John T. "Jack" Downey, a twenty-three-year-old CIA officer, was shot down over Manchuria. He was captured by the Chinese and held for the ...

DescriptionOn September 11th 1999 The Times newspaper carried the front page article "Revealed: the quiet woman who betrayed Britain for 40 years. ...

DescriptionOn September 11th 1999 The Times newspaper carried the front page article "Revealed: the quiet woman who betrayed Britain for 40 years. ...

Reducere. When engineering students in Canada are soon to graduate, the solemn "Ritual of the Calling of an Engineer, " penned by none other than Rudyard Kip...