15 minutes
Subtitle: General Curtis LeMay and the countdown to nuclear annihilation
By: L. Douglas Keeney
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 372
ISBN-13: 9780312611569
Subjects: Nuclear weapons; Government policy; Military History; Military policy; Nuclear warfare; Operational readiness; Cold War; Armed Forces; Prevention; History
Other titles: Fifteen minutes
Description: Presents an account of how America was nearly decimated during the Cold War by atomic weapons, drawing on previously classified documents to reveal a sequence of foiled operations, near-misses, and nuclear weapon testing accidents.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [333]-351) and index.