Science historian Wolverton (The Twilight Years: The Final Years of J. Robert Oppenheimer) constructs a well-researched and fast-paced history of U.S. nuclear testing in space, particularly Operation ...
In 1958, at the height of the Cold War, the United States sent a secret naval task force into the South Atlantic with one of the strangest missions in nuclear history: detonate atomic warheads ...
NASMAIN copy purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment. Contents Introduction: The middle of nowhere -- The panic of 1958 -- The elevator repairman -- Lines of force -- A sense of ...
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