Author: George P Sotos
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781736539903
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
At the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, Captain George Sotos became the first and only American military commander in history to set his facility at DEFCON 1 in readiness for nuclear war. And what a facility it was - a top secret command center, buried under a Hawaiian pineapple field. Breaking a nearly 60-year silence, Sotos recounts those agonizing days, along with his desperate plan to shelter as many civilians as possible from the nuclear-armed Soviet missiles that would obliterate human life on the island of Oahu. He tells, too, of the command center's inner workings, its pioneering use of computers for military command and control, and the key item on his resumé that tipped one of the U.S. Navy's most powerful admirals to hire him for the job: previous command of a Destroyer. Emerging from World War II as a combat-proven leader, Captain Sotos continues in Flagship Captain the story of his remarkable naval career, begun in the companion book, Living With the Torpedo - now used as a teaching text at the US Naval Academy. His lessons of leadership and ship-handling, in war and in peace, are as timeless as the sea.
Flagship Captain
Author: George P Sotos
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781736539903
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
At the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, Captain George Sotos became the first and only American military commander in history to set his facility at DEFCON 1 in readiness for nuclear war. And what a facility it was - a top secret command center, buried under a Hawaiian pineapple field. Breaking a nearly 60-year silence, Sotos recounts those agonizing days, along with his desperate plan to shelter as many civilians as possible from the nuclear-armed Soviet missiles that would obliterate human life on the island of Oahu. He tells, too, of the command center's inner workings, its pioneering use of computers for military command and control, and the key item on his resumé that tipped one of the U.S. Navy's most powerful admirals to hire him for the job: previous command of a Destroyer. Emerging from World War II as a combat-proven leader, Captain Sotos continues in Flagship Captain the story of his remarkable naval career, begun in the companion book, Living With the Torpedo - now used as a teaching text at the US Naval Academy. His lessons of leadership and ship-handling, in war and in peace, are as timeless as the sea.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781736539903
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
At the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, Captain George Sotos became the first and only American military commander in history to set his facility at DEFCON 1 in readiness for nuclear war. And what a facility it was - a top secret command center, buried under a Hawaiian pineapple field. Breaking a nearly 60-year silence, Sotos recounts those agonizing days, along with his desperate plan to shelter as many civilians as possible from the nuclear-armed Soviet missiles that would obliterate human life on the island of Oahu. He tells, too, of the command center's inner workings, its pioneering use of computers for military command and control, and the key item on his resumé that tipped one of the U.S. Navy's most powerful admirals to hire him for the job: previous command of a Destroyer. Emerging from World War II as a combat-proven leader, Captain Sotos continues in Flagship Captain the story of his remarkable naval career, begun in the companion book, Living With the Torpedo - now used as a teaching text at the US Naval Academy. His lessons of leadership and ship-handling, in war and in peace, are as timeless as the sea.
Information Annual
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ISBN:
Category : Current events
Languages : en
Pages : 692
Book Description
A continuous cyclopedia and digest of current events.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Current events
Languages : en
Pages : 692
Book Description
A continuous cyclopedia and digest of current events.
Information
Author:
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ISBN:
Category : Current events
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Current events
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion
Author: United States. Naval War Records Office
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 874
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 874
Book Description
Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion
Author: United States. Navy Department
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 874
Book Description
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 874
Book Description
Commander Gene Clark
Author: Thomas Fleming
Publisher: New Word City
ISBN: 1612301606
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 17
Book Description
Here in this essay from New York Times bestselling author Thomas Fleming is the harrowing account of a true hero of the Korean War, Commander Gene Clark. Without Clark, General Douglas MacArthur's daring plan to invade South Korea from the sea would almost surely have failed.
Publisher: New Word City
ISBN: 1612301606
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 17
Book Description
Here in this essay from New York Times bestselling author Thomas Fleming is the harrowing account of a true hero of the Korean War, Commander Gene Clark. Without Clark, General Douglas MacArthur's daring plan to invade South Korea from the sea would almost surely have failed.
Treaty on the Limitation of Naval Armaments
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Arms control
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Considers the London Treaty on the limitation of naval armaments, between the U.S., Britain, and Japan.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Arms control
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Considers the London Treaty on the limitation of naval armaments, between the U.S., Britain, and Japan.
Commercial Relations with China
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations
Publisher:
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Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 1034
Book Description
Aug. 27-29, Sept. 1 hearings were held in San Francisco, Calif.; Sept. 10-12, 15 hearings were held in Los Angeles, Calif.; Sept. 22, 24 hearings were held in Seattle, Wash., pt. 2.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 1034
Book Description
Aug. 27-29, Sept. 1 hearings were held in San Francisco, Calif.; Sept. 10-12, 15 hearings were held in Los Angeles, Calif.; Sept. 22, 24 hearings were held in Seattle, Wash., pt. 2.
Treaty on the Limitations of Naval Armaments
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Arms control
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
Considers the London Treaty on the limitation of naval armaments, between the U.S., Britain, and Japan.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Arms control
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
Considers the London Treaty on the limitation of naval armaments, between the U.S., Britain, and Japan.
The Battle of Lepanto
Author: Nanami Shiono
Publisher: Vertical Inc
ISBN: 1949980960
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
For over a century after the fall of Constantinople in 1453, the Ottoman Empire enjoyed an almost unbroken series of victories in Eastern Europe and throughout the Eastern Mediterranean. In 1571, the Republic of Venice and Pope Pius V worked together to assemble an alliance of European powers to confront the Ottoman navy in the Aegean and Mediterranean Seas. This "Holy League" was driven, and almost torn apart, by a set of diverse and often competing motivations, but for one brief moment it was able to put aside its differences and raise a unified front against the massive Ottoman fleet at the Battle of Lepanto. The outcome of that battle would have far-reaching consequences for Europe, for the Ottoman Empire and indeed for world history.
Publisher: Vertical Inc
ISBN: 1949980960
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
For over a century after the fall of Constantinople in 1453, the Ottoman Empire enjoyed an almost unbroken series of victories in Eastern Europe and throughout the Eastern Mediterranean. In 1571, the Republic of Venice and Pope Pius V worked together to assemble an alliance of European powers to confront the Ottoman navy in the Aegean and Mediterranean Seas. This "Holy League" was driven, and almost torn apart, by a set of diverse and often competing motivations, but for one brief moment it was able to put aside its differences and raise a unified front against the massive Ottoman fleet at the Battle of Lepanto. The outcome of that battle would have far-reaching consequences for Europe, for the Ottoman Empire and indeed for world history.