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Nuking the moon : and other intelligence schemes and military plots left on the drawing board / Vince Houghton.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: [New York] : Penguin Books, [2019]Copyright date: ©2019Description: xvi, 302 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780525505174
  • 0525505172
Other title:
  • Other intelligence schemes and military plots left on the drawing board
Subject(s):
Contents:
Introduction : left on the drawing board -- Acoustic Kitty -- Operation Capricious -- Project X-Ray -- Project Fantasia -- Blue Peacock -- Project Washtub -- Operation Northwoods -- Felix and his rifle -- Project Seal -- Operation Monopoly -- Project Habakkuk -- Tagboard -- The Ducc -- The X-20 and the MOL -- Brilliant Pebbles -- The Sun Gun -- The Plowshare Program's strangest idea -- Protecting the Peacekeeper -- Project Iceworm -- Aircraft nuclear propulsion and Project Orion -- Project A119 -- Conclusion : and then what?
Summary: "In Nuking the Moon, intelligence historian Vince Houghton proves that abandoned plans can be just as illuminating--and every bit as entertaining--as the ones that made it. Vividly capturing the fascinating stories of how twenty-one plans from WWII and the Cold War went from conception, planning, and testing to cancellation, Houghton explores what happens when innovation meets desperation: For every plan as good as D-Day, there's a scheme to strap bombs to bats or dig a spy tunnel underneath the Soviet embassy. Along the way, he reveals what each one tells us about twentieth-century history, the art of spycraft, military strategy, and famous figures like JFK, Castro, and Churchill. By turns terrifying and hilarious--but always riveting--this is the unique story of history left on the drawing board"-- Provided by publisher.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

In Nuking the Moon, intelligence historian Vince Houghton shows us that what didn't happen is just as illuminating as what did. During WWII and the Cold War, for every Argo or Operation Mincemeat there were countless abandoned plans. Some are laughable, like the US Navy's plan to turn bats into flying firebombs; some are implausible, like the Kennedy administration's plan to build a command centre 4,000 feet underground; and some are legitimately terrifying, like the cornucopia of US plans to justify attacking Cuba.

"In Nuking the Moon, intelligence historian Vince Houghton proves that abandoned plans can be just as illuminating--and every bit as entertaining--as the ones that made it. Vividly capturing the fascinating stories of how twenty-one plans from WWII and the Cold War went from conception, planning, and testing to cancellation, Houghton explores what happens when innovation meets desperation: For every plan as good as D-Day, there's a scheme to strap bombs to bats or dig a spy tunnel underneath the Soviet embassy. Along the way, he reveals what each one tells us about twentieth-century history, the art of spycraft, military strategy, and famous figures like JFK, Castro, and Churchill. By turns terrifying and hilarious--but always riveting--this is the unique story of history left on the drawing board"-- Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction : left on the drawing board -- Acoustic Kitty -- Operation Capricious -- Project X-Ray -- Project Fantasia -- Blue Peacock -- Project Washtub -- Operation Northwoods -- Felix and his rifle -- Project Seal -- Operation Monopoly -- Project Habakkuk -- Tagboard -- The Ducc -- The X-20 and the MOL -- Brilliant Pebbles -- The Sun Gun -- The Plowshare Program's strangest idea -- Protecting the Peacekeeper -- Project Iceworm -- Aircraft nuclear propulsion and Project Orion -- Project A119 -- Conclusion : and then what?

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