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Subtitled: An Illustrated History. Mighty ships of the US and Russian navies squared off continuously throughout the Cold War: monitoring each others' maneuvers, intercepting radio transmissions, targeting one another with weapons systems, and forcing each other off course. Cold War at Sea chronicles these key combatants: the aircraft carriers, battleships, cruisers, destroyers, frigates, subs, amphibious forces, and auxiliaries from just after WWII, detailing naval growth and development through the most intense moments of superpower brinkmanship. Sftbd., 8 1/4" x 10 3/4", 160 pgs., 200 b&w ill.
This definitive text at several leading Universities and Colleges is journalism in reverse. It demystifies public affairs, starting with examining your news value and working through media lists, press releases, news conferences and keeping reporters coming back for more. It uses the proven SOCKO system for message generation, and takes you through the media venues you may encounter (including when things go wrong): * sit downs * stand ups * scrums * double-enders * talk shows Diagrams help you through setting up a media work centre, public affairs room and keeping on top of breaking news. Pictures from inside the major networks and a glossary of media terms get to the details of media skills.
This book chronicles the career of the mighty USS Missouri, the last battleship built by the United States, through its service in WWII, Korea, and the Persian Gulf.
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Landlubbers beware! Great Naval Disasters is a collection of 19 incredible stories of ill-fated ships, each including a full recounting of the ship's early history, the events surrounding her tragedy, and her ultimate misfortune. The most deadly enemies of the warship other than combat - collision, explosion, fire, grounding, and, of course, the mysterious and curious... Contains accounts of raging fires on the USS Enterprise, USS Uriskany, USS Forrestal, and USS Constellation.
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Just as the U.S. Air Force sends obsolete warbirds to the Arizona desert for storage and disassembly, the U.S. Navy maintains a number of harbors for its obsolete vessels. This collection gives enthusiasts an admiral's tour of the naval storage harbors in Philadelphia, Norfolk, Pearl Harbor, and Bremerton, Washington, as well as the once-proud fighting vessels awaiting reassignment, sale, or the cutting torch. Author Kermit Bonner takes readers through the entire disassembly process from start to finish, describing in detail how these surplus cruisers, submarines, destroyers, and aircraft carriers are scrapped, including more complex processes involving nuclear submarines.