The Taking of K-129 : : how the CIA Used Howard Hughes to Steal a Russian sub in the Most Daring Covert Operation in History
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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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PUBLISHED
New York, New York : Dutton, [2017]
Year Published: 2017
Description: 431 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781101984437
1101984430
SUBJECTS
K-129 (Submarine).
Glomar Explorer (Ship).
Soviet Union. -- Voenno-Morskoĭ Flot -- History.
United States. -- Central Intelligence Agency -- History.
Jennifer Project.
Submarine disasters -- Soviet Union.