Nuking The Moon
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Nuking The Moon
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Author : Vince Houghton
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2019-05-07
Nuking The Moon written by Vince Houghton and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-05-07 with History categories.
The International Spy Museum's Historian takes us on a wild tour of missions and schemes that almost happened, but were ultimately deemed too dangerous, expensive, ahead of their time, or even certifiably insane. "Compulsively readable laugh out loud history." —Mary Roach, New York Times bestselling author of Grunt and Stiff In 1958, the U.S. Air Force nuked the moon as a show of military force. In 1967, the CIA sent live cats to spy on the Soviet government. In 1942, the British built a torpedo-proof aircraft carrier out of an iceberg. Of course, none of these things ever actually happened. But in Nuking the Moon, intelligence historian Vince Houghton proves that abandoned plans can be just as illuminating--and every bit as entertaining—as the ones that made it. Vividly capturing the fascinating stories of how twenty-one plans from WWII and the Cold War went from conception, planning, and testing to cancellation, Houghton explores what happens when innovation meets desperation: For every plan as good as D-Day, there's a scheme to strap bombs to bats or dig a spy tunnel underneath the Soviet embassy. Along the way, he reveals what each one tells us about twentieth-century history, the art of spycraft, military strategy, and famous figures like JFK, Castro, and Churchill. By turns terrifying and hilarious—but always riveting—this is the unique story of history left on the drawing board.
Chariots For Apollo
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Author : Charles R. Pellegrino
language : en
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Release Date : 1999
Chariots For Apollo written by Charles R. Pellegrino and has been published by Harper Perennial this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with History categories.
The fascinating and true story of one of America's greatest scientific achievements: the race to put a man on the Moon and bring him home safely.
Electrified Sheep
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Author : Alex Boese
language : en
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Release Date : 2013-08-13
Electrified Sheep written by Alex Boese and has been published by St. Martin's Griffin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-08-13 with Science categories.
The Pig Who Survived an Atomic Bomb The Psychologist Who Hid Beneath Beds The Founding Father Who Delivered Mouth-to-Mouth . . . to a Chicken Welcome to some of the most weird and wonderful experiments ever conducted in the name of science. Alex Boese's Electrified Sheep is packed with eccentric characters, irrational obsessions, and extreme experiments. Watch as scientists attempt to nuke the moon, wince at the doctor who performs a self-appendectomy, and catch the faint whiff of singed wool from an electrified sheep.
A New Sun
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Author : John A. Eddy
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1979
A New Sun written by John A. Eddy and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with Electronic government information categories.
Secrets From The Black Vault
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Author : John Greenewald (Jr.)
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Release Date : 2020
Secrets From The Black Vault written by John Greenewald (Jr.) and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020 with Military research categories.
What happens when the history books are wrong? The United States Government wants you to not question the narrative that, in some cases, has been written by them for more than a century. But sometimes, real facts emerge from declassified documents that challenge what you thought you knew. This book dissects some of the most amazing declassified documents that have changed the history of the world and our perception of it. With each turn of the page, Secrets from The Black Vault reveals declassified programs and formerly top secret illustrations that detail an Air Force's secret plan to build a Mach 4 flying saucer; the Department of Defense's plan to detonate a nuclear bomb on the surface of the moon; the use of psychic spies within the CIA; how an unidentified object almost sparked World War III; and much more. Declassified documents within The Black Vault play a crucial role in understanding the inner workings of America's top secret agendas.
The Killing Moon
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Author : Chuck Hogan
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2008
The Killing Moon written by Chuck Hogan and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Fiction categories.
A violent murder casts suspicions on the unsavory members of a small Massachusetts community's police force as well as its newest member, a returned citizen with a shadowy past who engaged in unusual investigative activities during his off hours. By the author of Prince of Thieves. Reprint. 35,000 first printing.
Anointed With Oil
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Author : Darren Dochuk
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2019-06-04
Anointed With Oil written by Darren Dochuk and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-06-04 with History categories.
A groundbreaking new history of the United States, showing how Christian faith and the pursuit of petroleum fueled America's rise to global power and shaped today's political clashes Anointed with Oil places religion and oil at the center of American history. As prize-winning historian Darren Dochuk reveals, from the earliest discovery of oil in America during the Civil War, citizens saw oil as the nation's special blessing and its peculiar burden, the source of its prophetic mission in the world. Over the century that followed and down to the present day, the oil industry's leaders and its ordinary workers together fundamentally transformed American religion, business, and politics -- boosting America's ascent as the preeminent global power, giving shape to modern evangelical Christianity, fueling the rise of the Republican Right, and setting the terms for today's political and environmental debates. Ranging from the Civil War to the present, from West Texas to Saudi Arabia to the Alberta Tar Sands, and from oil-patch boomtowns to the White House, this is a sweeping, magisterial book that transforms how we understand our nation's history.
Restricted Data
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Author : Alex Wellerstein
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2024-04-23
Restricted Data written by Alex Wellerstein and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-04-23 with History categories.
The first full history of US nuclear secrecy, from its origins in the late 1930s to our post–Cold War present. The American atomic bomb was born in secrecy. From the moment scientists first conceived of its possibility to the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and beyond, there were efforts to control the spread of nuclear information and the newly discovered scientific facts that made such powerful weapons possible. The totalizing scientific secrecy that the atomic bomb appeared to demand was new, unusual, and very nearly unprecedented. It was foreign to American science and American democracy—and potentially incompatible with both. From the beginning, this secrecy was controversial, and it was always contested. The atomic bomb was not merely the application of science to war, but the result of decades of investment in scientific education, infrastructure, and global collaboration. If secrecy became the norm, how would science survive? Drawing on troves of declassified files, including records released by the government for the first time through the author’s efforts, Restricted Data traces the complex evolution of the US nuclear secrecy regime from the first whisper of the atomic bomb through the mounting tensions of the Cold War and into the early twenty-first century. A compelling history of powerful ideas at war, it tells a story that feels distinctly American: rich, sprawling, and built on the conflict between high-minded idealism and ugly, fearful power.
Comets
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Author : P. Andrew Karam
language : en
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Release Date : 2017-10-15
Comets written by P. Andrew Karam and has been published by Reaktion Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-15 with Science categories.
Radiating fire and ice, comets as a phenomenon seem part science, part myth. Two thousand years ago when a comet shot across the night sky, it convinced the Romans that Julius Caesar was a god. In 1066, Halley’s Comet was interpreted as a foreshadowing of the death of Harold the Second in the Battle of Hastings. Even today the arrival of a comet often feels auspicious, confirming our hopes, fears, and sense of wonder in the universe. In Comets, P. Andrew Karam takes the reader on a far-ranging exploration of these most beautiful and dramatic objects in the skies, revealing how comets and humanity have been interwoven throughout history. He delves into the science of comets and how it has changed over time; the way comets have been depicted in art, religion, literature, and popular culture; and how comets have appeared in the heavens through the centuries. Comprehensive in scope and beautifully illustrated throughout, the book will appeal not only to the budding astronomer, but to anyone with an appreciation for these compelling and remarkable celestial bodies.
Firefighting
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Author : Ben S. Bernanke
language : en
Publisher: Profile Books
Release Date : 2019-04-18
Firefighting written by Ben S. Bernanke and has been published by Profile Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-04-18 with Business & Economics categories.
"I learned much from this book I had not previously known. Its cautions for the future should be required reading for all policy makers." - Warren Buffett 2008 saw one of the worst financial crises in generations, the global implications of which are still being felt today. Ten years later Ben Bernanke, Timothy Geithner and Hank Paulson reflect on the causes of the crisis, why it was so damaging, and what it ultimately took to prevent a second Great Depression. All three had crucial roles in the government's response- Ben S. Bernanke as chairman of the Federal Reserve; Henry M. Paulson, Jr., as secretary of the Treasury under President George W. Bush; Timothy F. Geithner as president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York during the Bush years and then Treasury secretary under President Barack Obama. A powerful, warts and all account told with unprecedented clarity; from the flawed human response to the necessity to learn from the past and help firefighters of the future protect economies from the ravages of financial crises. Firefighting is a vital account of a defining moment in modern history and an inspiring lesson on leadership through crisis.