Big Red: Three Months on Board a Trident Nuclear Submarine

The author chronicles three months aboard a nuclear submarine, introducing readers to the secretive lives of submariners as they monitor the enemy, maintain their deadly cargo, and survive under the ocean. 75,000 first printing.

Big Red: Three Months On Board a Trident Nuclear Submarine

History

Waller, Douglas C.

Americas

Harpercollins

A Question of Loyalty plunges into the seven-week Washington trial of Gen. William "Billy" Mitchell, the hero of the U.S. Army Air Service during World War I and the man who proved in 1921 that planes could sink a battleship. In 1925 Mitchell was frustrated by the slow pace of aviation development, and he sparked a political firestorm, accusing the army and navy high commands - and by inference the president - of treason and criminal negligence in the way they conducted national defense. He was put on trial for insubordination in a spectacular court-martial that became a national obsession during the Roaring Twenties. Uncovering a trove of new letters, diaries, and confidential documents, Douglas Waller captures the drama of the trial and builds a rich and revealing biography of Mitchell.

A Question of Loyalty

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

Harper-perennial

Follows three months in the lives of a Trident nuclear submarine crew, discussing the U.S. Navy's ongoing vigils in the event of nuclear war while describing the crew's battle tactics, secret operations, and fail-safe mechanisms. Reprint.

Big Red: Inside the Secret World of a Trident Nuclear Submarine

Military

Harper Paperbacks

Taller in length than the Washington Monument, wider at its center than a three-lane highway, the 18,750-ton Trident nuclear submarine is the most complex war machine the United States Navy has ever produced: a $1.8 billion marvel crammed with more modern military technology than any other vessel in the world. Deep beneath the ocean it can sail for months, undetectable to enemies.Now for the first time, veteran Time magazine correspondent Douglas C. Waller -- granted more access to one of these awesome submarines than any journalist before -- penetrates the silent, secret world of nuclear subs, taking you on a tension-packed, three-month patrol under the Atlantic Ocean inside the U.S.S. Nebraska, fondly nicknamed Big Red. In chilling detail, witnessed through the eyes of the men on board and told in their own words, Big Red reveals the top-secret procedures for starting World War III, including secret codes, elaborate fail-safe mechanisms, and highly classified battle tactics for nuclear combat. It's a ride you'll never forget.

Big Red: The Three-Month Voyage of a Trident Nuclear Submarine

HarperTorch

The Commandos : The Inside Story of America's Secret Soldiers

An experienced Pentagon correspondent for Newsweek reveals the excruciating training and dangerous missions of America's elite fighting forces, including the Navy SEALs and Delta Force, following them into battle in Desert Storm. From Hell Week to hell on earth, they go where no one else dares, kill with precision, and pull off daring attack, rescue, and reconnaissance missions. What kind of man becomes a secret warrior—a Navy SEAL, Delta Force ranger, Army Green Beret, or Air Force special op pilot? For the first time, veteran Newsweek reporter Douglas Waller takes you inside this secret, elite world, from the SEALs’ legendary Hell Week, where trainees get four hours of sleep in five days of body-and-mind-breaking drills—to an electronics-jammed Pave Low, the most sophisticated helicopter in the world. Then he follows the Commandos into the action—in never-before-revealed Desert Storm battle scenes, where U.S. Special Forces waged Scud-busting night missions, behind-the-lines firefights, and some of the most unconventional and dangerous missions in the history of war. Praise for The Commandos “Compelling . . . hair-raising . . . wonderfully detailed.”—Los Angeles Times “Superior . . . vivid portraits of truly original figures.”—Booklist “Throughly researched and exquisitely woven into a fast-paced story . . . in vitage thriller fashion.”—The Friday Review of Defense Literature

The Commandos: The Inside Story of America's Secret Soldiers

Literature & Fiction

United States

Dell

Air Warriors: The Inside Story of the Making of a Navy Pilot

Follows the grueling training of a group of male and female Navy Top Gun pilot trainees over two years, documenting their aerial dogfights from the passenger seat and their physical and mental challenges

Follows the grueling training of a group of male and female Navy Top Gun pilot trainees over two years, documenting their aerial dogfights from the passenger seat and their physical and mental challenges

Demco Media

The Trident nuclear submarine's 24 ballistic missiles have enough strategic nuclear warheads atop them to unleash twice the explosive energy detonated by all the conventional weapons in World War II. Now for the first time, Douglas C. Waller takes you on a tension-packed patrol under the Atlantic Ocean inside one of these Tridents, the U.S.S. Nebraska. Granted more access to these awesome submarines than any journalist before, Waller penetrates one of the most secretive worlds in the U.S. military.The Cold War may be over, but the Tridents are still ready at a moment's notice to unleash a nuclear holocaust. In chilling detail, Big Red reveals the top-secret procedures for starting World War III. You will come to know intimately the men of the Nebraska, who are still willing to end life as we know it on this planet if the President orders them to do so. Big Red takes you into this closed society as a witness to secret rituals and life experiences where submariners hope to never unleash the destructive power they command.

Big Red: Three Months Onboard a Trident Nuclear Submarine

HarperAudio

The Trident submarine is one of the most remarkable feats of engineering in human history: a sleek metal tube powered by a nuclear reactor, breathtakingly silent, yet strong enough to resist intense pressure deep under the surface of the ocean. But the human experience inside-as crews spend months crammed together beneath the sea, manning 24 nuclear-tipped missiles, and always listening for the stealthy enemy - is even more remarkable. For Big Red, veteran Time correspondent Douglas C. Waller was granted unprecedented access by the Navy to take readers inside this silent, secretive world. Here is the gripping story of a three-month cruise on the U.S.S. Nebraska: the rituals of the closed society of submariners, the top-secret plans for a nuclear holocaust, the elaborate fail-safe mechanisms, and the extraordinary security measures designed to protect the world's deadliest weapons - even from the men who handle them. Even in the post-Cold War world, America's defences ultimately rest on

Big Red: 3 Months on Board a Trident Nuclear Submarine (Thorndike Press Large Print American History Series)

Leaders & Notable People

G.K.Hall & Co.

Book by Waller, Douglas C., Bruce, James T., Cook, Douglas M.

The Strategic Defense Initiative: Progress and Challenges : A Guide to Issues and References (Guides to Contemporary Issues)

Engineering & Transportation

Bruce, James T.

Cook, Douglas M.

Engineering

Regina Books

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Big Red: Three Months On Board a Trident Nuclear Submarine

A Question of Loyalty

Big Red: Inside the Secret World of a Trident Nuclear Submarine

Big Red: The Three-Month Voyage of a Trident Nuclear Submarine

The Commandos: The Inside Story of America's Secret Soldiers

Air Warriors: The Inside Story of the Making of a Navy Pilot

Air Warriors: The Inside Story of the Making of a Navy Pilot

Big Red: Three Months Onboard a Trident Nuclear Submarine

Big Red: 3 Months on Board a Trident Nuclear Submarine (Thorndike Press Large Print American History Series)

The Strategic Defense Initiative: Progress and Challenges : A Guide to Issues and References (Guides to Contemporary Issues)