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Hostile Waters (Thorndike Large Print Basic Series)
Hostile Waters - Thorndike Large Print Basic Series Author:Peter A. Huchthausen, Igor Kurdin, Robin A. White NonfictionLarge Print EditionOne of the most fascinating true submarine stories I have ever encountered. from the Foreword by Tom Clancy* A Military Book Club Main Selection* An HBO MovieOctober 3, 1986: A nuclear disaster is poised to strike the United States. Only one man can stop it. Off the east coast of America, an aging Soviet ballistic mi... more »ssile sub, a boomer, suffered a crippling accident, coming within moments of a nuclear meltdown. This is the gripping story of the young sailors who fought to save their sub, risking fire, poison gas, and intense radioactivity. Their secret struggle and sacrifice saved the American coast from catastrophe. Hostile Waters reads like apage-turning thriller, but it really happened: a highly classified story can finally be told.« less