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Dangerous Games: Faces, Incidents, and Casualties of the Cold War
Jr. Wise
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Description for Dangerous Games: Faces, Incidents, and Casualties of the Cold War
Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages, 32 photos, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 3JJP; HBLW3; HBTW; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 494. 8vo.Very good copy in clean dustwrapper. Military history
The Cold War was only cold in that the major powers, the U.S. and the Soviet Union, did not engage in a nuclear war. But during that period (1945–1991) there were wars, spying, shoot downs of numerous reconnaissance aircraft, captures of U.S. military personnel, murders, defections, a space race with men put in orbit and an eventual moon landing. Dangerous Games: Faces, Incidents and Casualties of the Cold War is a return to that era. This book contains many unknown and long-since forgotten stories of that period. Some of the Cold War incidents covered include: the Marines in China; ... Read more
The Cold War was only cold in that the major powers, the U.S. and the Soviet Union, did not engage in a nuclear war. But during that period (1945–1991) there were wars, spying, shoot downs of numerous reconnaissance aircraft, captures of U.S. military personnel, murders, defections, a space race with men put in orbit and an eventual moon landing. Dangerous Games: Faces, Incidents and Casualties of the Cold War is a return to that era. This book contains many unknown and long-since forgotten stories of that period. Some of the Cold War incidents covered include: the Marines in China; ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Naval Institute Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Annopolis, United States
ISBN
9781591149682
SKU
KEX0276006
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Jr. Wise
JAMES E. WISE Jr., a former naval aviator, intelligence officer, and Vietnam veteran, retired from the U.S. Navy as a captain. His books include The Navy Cross, Stars in Blue and U-505: The Final Journey, among many others. He lives in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area.
Reviews for Dangerous Games: Faces, Incidents, and Casualties of the Cold War
A well-selected menu of intriguing sagas, this is a book that provides a full night of exceptional reading by two masters of the written-word.
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