Incident at Sakhalin

Incident at Sakhalin
Author: Michel Brun
Publisher: New York : Four Walls Eight Windows
Total Pages: 326
Release: 1995
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781568580548

Offers a startling new explanation of the 1983 crash of Korean Air Flight 007, charging that instead of being shot down by the Soviets, the plane was caught in an air battle between the U.S. and the Soviets. 25,000 first printing. IP.

KAL Flight 007: The Hidden Story

KAL Flight 007: The Hidden Story
Author: Oliver Clubb
Publisher: Open Road Media
Total Pages: 168
Release: 2015-06-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1504012445

Written with the drama and suspense of a detective story, KAL Flight 007: The Hidden Story takes the reader through the process of piecing together the evidence surrounding the unexplained flight of a Korean airliner over Soviet strategic territories on September 1, 1983—a flight brought to a tragic end when a Soviet interceptor shot down the airliner, killing all 269 people aboard.

Air Crash Investigations - Korean Air Lines Flight 007 Shot Down - All 269 Persons on Board Killed

Air Crash Investigations - Korean Air Lines Flight 007 Shot Down - All 269 Persons on Board Killed
Author: Dirk Barreveld
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 169
Release: 2018-10-20
Genre: History
ISBN: 035917132X

On 31 August 1983, Korean Air Lines Flight 007, a Boeing 747, departed John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York, United States, on a scheduled flight for Seoul, Republic of Korea. The flight had 269 persons on board. Soon after departure from Anchorage, Alaska, KE 007 deviated to the right (north) of its direct track, this deviation resulted in penetration of Sovjet Russian air space. Military aircraft operated by the USSR attempted to intercept KE 007 over Kamchatka Peninsula. The interception attempts were unsuccessful. Upon approaching Sakhalin Island, USSR, the flight was intercepted by USSR military aircraft and shot down on the assumption that is was a United States RC-135 (spy) aircraft. There were no survivors.

Warriors of Disinformation

Warriors of Disinformation
Author: Alvin A. Snyder
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 443
Release: 2012-05-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1611457793

Have you ever thought about what really goes on behind the walls of the White House or the Pentagon? Particularly in times of political upheaval, it often seems that the government and the media work together to keep the voting public confused and distracted. In Warriors of Disinformation, Alvin A. Snyder, a former director of USIA’s Television and Film Service, reveals the various propaganda campaigns sent out by the United States during the Cold War, one of the most strained, uncertain times in American political history. Snyder examines the “shady” billion-dollar dealings dedicated to “an exaggerated version of the truth,” and how President Reagan deceived the Soviets with well-plotted plans of fabrication. Readers will be shocked by the lengths that our government went to in order to hide the truth, and to consistently lie to not only the Soviets, but also to the American people about what was going on in the “land of the free.” Warriors of Disinformation is an incredible look inside the government from someone who was on the front line. Hear stories that were never supposed to leave confidential meeting rooms and find out firsthand what went on behind closed doors. Snyder has a story to tell you, and you’d be crazy not to listen.

Black Box

Black Box
Author: Alexander Dallin
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 142
Release: 2023-11-10
Genre: History
ISBN: 0520312163

On September 1, 1983, a Soviet fighter plane shot down a South Korean commercial airliner, KAL 007, killing all 269 persons aboard. Why did the jet stray hundreds of miles off course and fly for hours over Soviet territory, including sensitive nuclear and submarine installations? And why did the Soviets decide that that plane had to be brought down? These are the major questions this book addresses. It is the first book-length exploration of all the available information, and it weighs each of the hypotheses that has been advanced here and abroad to explain the dramatic episode, which led to a Soviet-American confrontation just as relations between the two super powers seemed to be on the verge of improvement. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1985.

Taming HAL

Taming HAL
Author: Asaf Degani
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Total Pages: 328
Release: 2004-01-17
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780312295745

Machines dominate our lives, from alarm clocks that wake us up in the morning to radios that lull us to sleep. Most of our interactions with automated machines and computers are problem-free, but more often than we would like, they can be irritating and confusing. This is frequently harmless, such as a VCR recording the wrong show, but when it involves a critical system like an autopilot or medical device it can be a matter of life or death. Taming HAL seeks to explain these miscommunications between humans and machines by exploring user interfaces of everyday devices. Degani examines thirty different systems for human use, including watches, consumer electronic products, Internet applications, cars, medical equipment, navigation systems onboard cruise ships, and autopilots of commercial aircraft. Readers will discover why interfaces between people and machines all too often do not work and what needs to be done to avoid potential tragedies.

Target is Destroyed

Target is Destroyed
Author: Seymour Hersh
Publisher: Random House Trade
Total Pages:
Release: 1986-10-01
Genre:
ISBN: 9785551630920

America's premier investigative journalist finally answers all of the still unanswered questions about the civilian airliner that was blasted out of the sky by the Russians--Flight 007.

The Price of Power

The Price of Power
Author: Seymour Hersh
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 664
Release: 2013-10-29
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1476765227

Price of Power examines Henry Kissinger’s influence on the development of the foreign policy of the United States during the presidency of Richard Nixon.