The true story of sixty Russians who gave their lives to defuse an aging Soviet ballistic missile submarine off the coast of North Carolina in 1986 is the basis of an HBO movie due to air in July 1997. TV tie-in.

Hostile Waters

History

Peter A. Huchthausen

Igor Kurdin

R. Alan White

Military

St Martins Pr

October Fury

John Wiley&Sons

In 1986, a crippled Soviet missile sub sank off American shores in 16,000 feet of water, coming within moments of a nuclear meltdown. Had her reactors exploded, the radioactivity released into the Gulf Stream would have dwarfed the Chernobyl disaster. Its highly classified story has finally surfaced. This is the gripping, true story of the Soviet sailors who fought to save their submarine, risking fire, smoke, poison gas, & intense radioactivity. Their secret struggle & sacrifice saved the American coast from nuclear catastrophe. Reads like a page-turning thriller, a tale of underwater intrigue & terror, but it really happened. Photos.

Biographies & Memoirs

Professionals & Academics

Diane Books Publishing Company

Drama on the high seas as the world holds its breathIt was the most spectacular display of brinkmanshipin the Cold War era. In October 1962, President Kennedy risked inciting anuclear war to prevent the Soviet Union from establishing missile bases inCuba. The risk, however, was far greater than Kennedy realized.OctoberFuryuncovers startling new information about the Cuban missile crisis and thepotentially calamitous confrontation between US Navy destroyers and Sovietsubmarines in the Atlantic. Peter Huchthausen, who served as a junior ensignaboard one of the destroyers, reveals that a single shot fired by any USwarship could have led to an immediate nuclear response from the Sovietsubmarines.This riveting account re-creates those desperatedays of confrontation from both the American and Russian points of view anddiscloses detailed information about Soviet operational plans and the secretorders given to submarine commanders. It provides an engrossing,behind-the-scenes look at the technical and tactical functions of two greatnavies along with stunning portraits of the officers and sailors on both sideswho were determined to do their duty even in the most extreme circumstances.As absorbing and detailed as a Tom Clancy novel,this real-life suspense thriller is destined to become a classic of navalliterature.

Europe

Chivers Sound Library

A former U.S. Navy riverboat commander in Vietnam and a young Vietnamese woman relate their experiences along the Mekong River during the war

Echoes of the Mekong (River Delta, Viet Nam)

Thi Lung Nguyen

Leaders & Notable People

Nautical & Aviation Publishing Company of America

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