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The taking of K-129 : how the CIA used Howard Hughes to steal a Russian sub in the most daring covert operation in history Cover Image Book

The taking of K-129 : how the CIA used Howard Hughes to steal a Russian sub in the most daring covert operation in history

How the CIA used Howard Hughes to steal a Russian sub in the most daring covert operation in history (portion title)
Dean, Josh (author.).

Summary: A true story of Cold War espionage and engineering reveals how the CIA and the U.S. Navy, using the involvement of Howard Hughes as a cover story, spent six years and nearly a billion dollars to steal a nuclear-armed Soviet submarine after it sank in the Pacific Ocean.

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  • ISBN: 9781101984437
  • ISBN: 1101984430
  • Physical Description: print
    431 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: New York, New York : Dutton, [2017].

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 415-420) and index.

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K-129 (Submarine)
Glomar Explorer (Ship)
Soviet Union. Voenno-Morskoĭ Flot Submarine forces History
United States. Central Intelligence Agency History
Jennifer Project
Submarine disasters Soviet Union

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