Big Red

by Waller, Douglas C.

• ISBN13: 9780783895178
• ISBN10: 0783895178
• Edition: Large
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-08-01
• Publisher: G K Hall & Co

Summary

The Trident nuclear sub is the most complex war machine the U.S. Navy has ever produced, a $1.8 billion marvel crammed with more modern mil. tech. than any other vessel in the world. It can sail deep beneath the ocean silently for months, impossible to detect by the enemy. The 24 ballistic missiles on board just one of these subs have enough nuclear warheads to unleash twice the explosive energy detonated by all the conventional weapons in WW2. Now, Waller takes you on a tension-packed, 3-month patrol deep in the Atlantic Ocean and inside one of these Tridents. He reveals the top-secret procedures for starting WW3 -- the secret codes, the elaborate fail-safe mechanisms, the highly classified battle tactics for nuclear combat. B&W photos.

Author Biography

Douglas C. Waller is a correspondent for Time magazine. Previously, he was a defense and foreign policy correspondent for Newsweek. He has also served on the legislative staffs of Senator William Proxmire and Congressman Edward J. Markey. He is the author of five previous books on foreign policy and defense. He lives in Annandale, Virginia, with his wife and three children

Table of Contents

Nebraska Submariners Cited in This Book	9	(6)
Prologue	15	(22)
PART I: THE FIRST WEEK
Going to Sea	37	(44)
The Channel	81	(25)
A New Life	106	(25)
``Dive, Dive''	131	(26)
The ``Cob''	157	(20)
Listening	177	(27)
Casualties	204	(33)
Rabbit and Wolf	237	(46)
The Wardroom	283	(17)
Looking Outside	300	(24)
The Hostage	324	(16)
Sounds of Silence	340	(19)
Sunday	359	(6)
Cookies and Cream Them	365	(59)
Angles and Dangles	424	(11)
PART II: THE NEXT TWO MONTHS
Free at Last	435	(13)
On Guard	448	(14)
Halfway Night	462	(21)
Emergency	483	(9)
Love and Hate	492	(13)
PART III: GOING HOME
``Hard to Describe''	505	(31)
Postscript	536	(5)
Acknowledgments	541	(4)
Source Notes	545	(16)
Appendix: The Rest of the USS Nebraska Crew	561