K-19 THE WIDOWMAKER: The Secret Story of The Soviet Nuclear Submarine
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| Rating | : | 4.60 (801 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 079226472X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 243 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-11-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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. Author Peter Huchthausen, a retired U.S. The sub developed a leak as it was heading toward the North Atlantic, and only the ingenious efforts of the crew eight of whom died within days from radiation poisoning staved off a global disaster. From Publishers Weekly A companion to the feature film of the same name, K-19: The Widowmaker tells the hair-raising story of the Soviet submarine that nearly caused a nuclear meltdown in 1961. Navy captain and former naval attach‚ in Moscow (as well as a technical adviser on the film), recounts the fateful events and also
The stars are definitely for the book alone A Customer The book does a very good and credible job of portraying the disaster and the events and circumstances surrounding it with good historical context. It is indeed a good and accurate read. But imagine my shock when I saw the movie! Not even close, and an insult to heroic brave men, who, while the "enemy," were doing their duty, even at the cost of their health and life.The needless mangling of the historical account with regard to numerous significant details is one thing, but the outlandish portrayal . Cold War Submarines As a retired cold war submariner I was shocked by the atrocities that my enemy (but brother) submariners were subjected to in the Soviet Navy. We always heard rumors of the conditions these young men were subjected to but, due to their closed society, they remained rumors. This book is a must read for any US Navy submariner. We can only thank the almighty that we lived in an open society and sailed on ships where safety was the prime concern. Say what you might about Hyman Rickover and his tyrant way. T. J. Doss said Recommended. This book gives you the real story behind the dramatization presented in the motion picture: K-19: The Widowmaker. More than just a companion piece, the book provides passages from a diary maintained by the captain of K-19, extensive research materials on the incident itself as well as the Cold War Soviet Union conditions and motivations that contributed to the incident.If that were not enough, a wealth of information is provided on other (known) incidents involving Soviet/Russian nuclear naval vesse
An account of one of the Cold War era's most harrowing nuclear accidents documents the maiden voyage of the Soviet nuclear submarine, during which a serious reactor leak spurred a perilous race against time.