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Author | : Paul Grace |
Publisher | : Hachette Australia |
Total Pages | : 420 |
Release | : 2023-07-26 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0733650554 |
'I remember seeing a flash, I turned around and heard a roar like a train approaching in a tunnel. Then a tremendous crack like a whiplash passed directly overhead. I saw a mushroom cloud ... There was black and white smoke, orange and red flames ascending through the centre of the mushroom.' RAN Able Seaman Vince Douglas, participant in Operation Hurricane At 8.00 a.m. on Friday 3 October 1952, Britain's first atomic bomb was detonated in the hold of a surplus frigate, HMS Plym, moored in the Montebello Islands, 50 miles off the North West Coast of Western Australia. The blast vaporised the Plym, produced a mushroom cloud 2 miles high, and covered the islands and parts of the Australian mainland with fallout. The test, codenamed Operation Hurricane, was the culmination of years of top-secret planning in London and Canberra and months of clandestine preparations at the site. One of the largest peacetime military operations in Australian history, its success shifted the balance of power in the Cold War and briefly rejuvenated the fading British Empire. Painstakingly pieced together from declassified government documents and first-person accounts by surviving participants, Operation Hurricane tells the story of Britain's first nuclear test from the point of view of the men on the ground: soldiers, sailors, airmen and civilians. It delves into the historical context of the Cold War and examines the controversial legacy of the atomic tests, including the impact of fallout on servicemen, Aboriginal peoples and the environment, and Australia's relationship with the United Kingdom.
Author | : Greg Walker |
Publisher | : Ballantine Books |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Guerrilla warfare |
ISBN | : 9780804109550 |
No one doubts the abilities of Special Operations Forces (SOF) after Desert Storm. But their impressive accomplishments are rooted in the lessons learned from Vietnam, Iran, Grenada, El Salvador, and Panama. AT THE HURRICANE'S EYE is the first book to take an unflinching look at SOF's growth since Vietnam. Author Greg Walker, with sixteen years of U.S. Army special operations experience as a ground operator, provides information and eyewitness acounts never before reported, from the tragic raid on Panama's Paitilla airfield to the first insider accounts of Special Forces, Marine Force Recon, and NAVY SEAL operations before and during Desert Storm.
Author | : Bruce A. Ashcroft |
Publisher | : Department of the Air Force |
Total Pages | : 242 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Tells the story of the men and woman of Air Education and Training Command (AETC) who rushed to the aid of their wingmen at Kessler Air Force Base and to their countrymen in need.
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Publisher | : Government Printing Office |
Total Pages | : 242 |
Release | : |
Genre | : Disaster relief |
ISBN | : 9780160873478 |
Tells the story of the men and woman of Air Education and Training Command (AETC) who rushed to the aid of their wingmen at Kessler Air Force Base and to their countrymen in need.
Author | : Peter Bird |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 104 |
Release | : 1989-01-01 |
Genre | : Atomic bomb |
ISBN | : 9781872017105 |
Author | : Lars Reinhardt Møller |
Publisher | : Lindhardt og Ringhof |
Total Pages | : 474 |
Release | : 2014-07-11 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 8711339799 |
En nations efterretningstjeneste er altid et spejl af nationen selv, og det er nationens ledelse, der stiller efterretningstjenesten de opgaver, den skal løse. Lars R. Møller fortæller, hvordan efterretningsvirksomhed har været bedrevet gennem mere end to tusinde år og viser, hvorledes den relaterer sig til krigsførelsens strategiske, taktiske og operative niveau. Det aktuelle spørgsmål er, om efterretningstjenesterne virkelig kan beskytte demokratiet? "Fortræffelig, lettilgængelig indføring i efterretningsvirksomhed og dens historie. Og et skarpt forsvar for dens nødvendighed." - Bent Jensen, Jyllands-Posten "Bogen må nærmest betragtes som en ‘håndbog’ for alle ‘spioninteresserede’ og en analyse af e-tjenesterne gennem tiderne med en klar konklusion: De kan ikke undværes!" - Jan Søgaard, B.T.
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Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 80 |
Release | : 1980 |
Genre | : Hurricanes |
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Author | : James A. Wombwell |
Publisher | : DIANE Publishing |
Total Pages | : 281 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 1437923054 |
This is a print on demand edition of a hard to find publication. Hurricane Katrina, in Aug. 2005, was the costliest hurricane as well as one of the five deadliest storms in U.S. history. It caused extensive destruction along the Gulf coast from central Florida to Texas. Some 22,000 Active-Duty Army personnel assisted with relief-and-recovery operations in Mississippi and Louisiana. At the same time, all 50 states sent approx. 50,000 National Guard personnel to deal with the storm¿s aftermath. Because the media coverage of this disaster tended toward the sensational more than the analytical, many important stories remain to be told in a dispassionate manner. This study offers a dispassionate analysis of the Army¿s response to the natural disaster by providing a detailed account of the operations in Louisiana and Mississippi.
Author | : Philip Matthews |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 8 |
Release | : 1952 |
Genre | : Disaster relief |
ISBN | : |
"Corso publicity officerr makes a report on Fiji hurricane relief"--Bagnall.
Author | : Barry Wardle |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 238 |
Release | : 2005-05 |
Genre | : Civil war |
ISBN | : 9781843861928 |