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The taking of K-129 : how the CIA used Howard Hughes to steal a Russian sub in the most daring covert operation in history
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The taking of K-129 : how the CIA used Howard Hughes to steal a Russian sub in the most daring covert operation in history
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A true story of Cold War espionage and engineering reveals how the CIA and the U.S. Navy, using the involvement of Howard Hughes as a cover story, spent six years and nearly a billion dollars to steal a nuclear-armed Soviet submarine after it sank in the Pacific Ocean.
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Title
The taking of K-129 : how the CIA used Howard Hughes to steal a Russian sub in the most daring covert operation in history
Call No
VB231.U54
Authors
Dean, Josh
Subjects
K-129 (Submarine)
Glomar Explorer (Ship)
Soviet Union. Voenno-Morskoĭ Flot--Submarine forces--History.
United States. Central Intelligence Agency--History.
Glomar Explorer (Ship). fast (OCoLC)fst00523227
K-129 (Submarine). fast (OCoLC)fst01626620
Soviet Union. Voenno-Morskoĭ Flot. fast (OCoLC)fst00538615
United States. Central Intelligence Agency. fast (OCoLC)fst00536259
Soviet Union. Voenno-Morskoæi Flot--Submarine forces--History.
United States. Navy
Jennifer Project.
Submarine disasters--Soviet Union.
Jennifer Project.
Submarine disasters.
Submarine forces.
K-129 (Submarine)
Soviet Union.--Voenno-Morskoĭ Flot--Submarine forces--History.
United States.--Central Intelligence Agency--History.
Submarine disasters--Soviet Union.
Submarine forces.
Soviet Union.
History.
Soviet Union.
History.
Nonfiction.
Language
English
Published
New York : Dutton, [2017]
Publication Desc
431 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ;
ISBN
9781101984437

(hardcover)

LCCN
2017011991
Dimensions
24 cm