Bibliograph

The taking of K-129, how the CIA used Howard Hughes to steal a Russian sub in the most daring covert operation in history, Josh Dean

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The taking of K-129, how the CIA used Howard Hughes to steal a Russian sub in the most daring covert operation in history, Josh Dean

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 415-420) and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The taking of K-129

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

992688969

Responsibility statement

Josh Dean

Sub title

how the CIA used Howard Hughes to steal a Russian sub in the most daring covert operation in history

Summary

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

Target audience

adult

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How the CIA used Howard Hughes to steal a Russian sub in the most daring covert operation in history

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