In 1966 Commander Arnheiter was removed from his command of the Vance a radar picket ship, then off the coast of Vietnam. In a scandal that consumed more attention than had the sinking of the Thresher just three years earlier, Vance charged the Navy with a conspiracy that included charges of false r...
Excellent overview of the missile program, and a keen examination of the influence and role of Strategic Air Command. On par with his "A Bright Shining Lie," although the personal aspects of the story (Bernard Schriever's biography) didn't interest me nearly as much as the military and political his...
Excellent overview of the missile program, and a keen examination of the influence and role of Strategic Air Command. On par with his "A Bright Shining Lie," although the personal aspects of the story (Bernard Schriever's biography) didn't interest me nearly as much as the military and political his...
This book is powerful, intelligent, poignant -- in listening to it I found myself more than once shaking within. The tragedy described in the brilliant narrative lives with us still.
Starting with the prologue this book implies to the reader the importance of a military that is innovative and always one step ahead of the game when it comes to all the other players. In the early thirties, America was fairly complacent regarding the development of deterrent weapons. After World Wa...