Larger	S S N Author: Martin Greenberg, Tom Clancy
	Book Information Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group Book Type: Mass Market Paperback Rating: 56 ISBN-13: 9780425173534 - ISBN-10: 0425173534 Publication Date: 2/1/2000 Pages: 350 Book Reviews

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"Takes readers deeper than they've ever gone inside a nuclear submarine." (Kirkus Reviews)

A rare glimpse inside a Los Angeles-class (SSN-688) nuclear submarine with Tom Clancy as your guide...

Only the author of The Hunt for Red October could capture the reality of life aboard a nuclear submarine. Only a writer of Mr. Clancy's magnitude could obtain security clearance for information, diagrams, and photographs never before available to the public. Now, every civilian can enter this top secret world and experience the drama and excitement of this stunning technological achievement...the weapons, the procedures, the people themselves.

Submarine includes:

* Exclusive photographs, illustrations, and diagrams
* Mock war scenarios and weapons launch procedures
* An inside look at life on board, from captain to crew, from training exercises to operations
* The fascinating history and evolution of submarines
* Tom Clancy's controversial views on submariner tactics and training methods.

Back cover:

America is at war

China has invaded the oil-rich Spratly Islands. The American response has been swift - and deadly. And the Third World War has begun...

Captain Bartholomew Mackey is the skipper of the U.S.S. Cheyenne, a nuclear submarine that has been dispatched to the Spratlys to protect a carrier group. But in a few moments, the Cheyenne's mission - and the world - will change, as a tense situation explodes into a full-scale war of nightmarish proportions.

SSN is a compelling blend of military fact and fiction - a submarine combat thriller complete with stirring plots and characters, perfectly accurate details, and the chilling knowledge that it really could happen....