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Dangerous games : faces, incidents, and casualties of the Cold War /
"A brilliantly crafted series of vignettes that collectively broadens our understanding of the sacrifices made by common individuals who served their respective nations. With the 60th and 50th anniversaries of the Korean War and Cuban Missile Crisis, respectively, upon us, this timely book by J...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Annapolis, Maryland :
Naval Institute Press,
2010.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- ch. 1 First Blood: The USMC in China, 1945-49
- ch. 2 Elizabeth Bentley: Red Spy Queen, 1945
- ch. 3 Lt. Gail Halvorsen and the Berlin Airlift, 1948-49
- ch. 4 The First Cold War Shootdown, 1950
- ch. 5 Actor James Garner in the Korean War, 1950
- ch. 6 Capt. Eugene S. Karpe, USN: Death on the Orient Express, 1950
- ch. 7 CIA Officers John T. Downey and Richard G. Fecteau: Prisoners in China for Two Decades, 1952-73
- ch. 8 No Kum-Sok: Operation Moolah, 1953
- ch. 9 Mysterious Disappearance of Cdr. Lionel Crabb, RNVR, 1956
- ch. 10 Hans Conrad Schumann: Leap to Freedom into West Berlin, 1961
- ch. 11 Yuri Gagarin: First Man in Space, 1961
- ch. 12 Maj. Rudolph Anderson Jr.: Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962
- ch. 13 The Palomares Incident, 1966
- ch. 14 Carl Brashear: An Extraordinary Sailor, 1966
- ch. 15 Commander Bucher and the Second Korean Conflict 1966-69
- ch. 16 The USS, Forrestal/Fire, 1967
- ch. 17 The Panmunjon Ax Murders and Operation Paul Bunyan, 1976
- ch. 18 Capt. Bert K. Mizusawa, USA: The Firefight at Panmunjon, 1984
- ch. 19 SSgt. Gregory Fronius and the El Salvador Insurgency, 1987.