K-19
Subtitle: the widowmaker
By: Peter Huchthausen
Contributors: National Geographic Society (U.S.)
Publisher: National Geographic Society; Hi Marketing
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Washington, D.C; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9780792264729
Subjects: K-19 (Submarine); K-19 (Motion picture); Nuclear submarines -- Soviet Union -- History.; Submarine disasters -- Soviet Union -- History.; Historical films.
Description: At the height of the 1960s Cold War, Russia launches its flagship nuclear submarine, the K-19. In command is iron-willed Captain Alexei Vostrikov (Harrison Ford). Also aboard is the popular executive officer Mikhail Polenin (Liam Neeson), who clashed with Vostrikov but shares his unwavering patriotism.
Notes: Film tie-in.